Ivan the Terrible
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Ivan Kills People With Bows and Arrows
The story of ivan's reign is told in a series of gruesome accounts. The czar ordered women to be stripped naked and chase chickens before being shot with bows and arrows. His chief minister of the treasury was killed by scolding him with boiling water, then alternating it with freezing water, so that his skin peeled off like an eel. People are hunted down for their food - there are stories about cannibalism. But he doesn't kill everyone: he merely humiliated an archbishop who married him as a clown. That's classic moscow. And we have one more episode tomorrow night at 10pm on Channel 4.
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