The History of the Tzardim of Russia

The reign of ivan the fourth would itself be, i don't know, a 50 episode podcast in its own right. Ivan started a war in 15 58 to annex lavonia, triggering a long and costly war with poland lithuania that would be an ongoing struggle for the next couple of centuries. The russians now moved east and south on to the step, taking over territory formerly controlled by the tatars as they advanced towards the urals and caucases. And this brought into the cardam of russia, a population of moslems, without any great effort to convert them or even make them give up their way of life or language or religion. Now before we have