Vasili III of Russia

Ivan the Terrible. Ivan Vasiljevich the Terrible was born in 1530 and died in 1584. He was the son of the Grand Duke Vasili III. His mother Helena Glinsky was the daughter of a Luthuanian refugee who had found asylum in Russia. She was young, vivacious, intelligent, and beautiful. Vasili had married her after he tried to have an heir for 20 years with his first wife Salome. Vasili was in his 50’s, and Helena was 20 when Ivan was born. Ivan had another brother Yuri born 18 months later. The

My research theme was about Ivan III “Grand Prince of Moscow” in this paper I will tell you about Ivan and his childhood. I will also explain to you his greatest achievements and how he was successful in the many battles he ordered to take place. In this paper I will also explain how he became Ivan the Great and what people thought of him. Ivan Vasilievich, later known as Ivan the Great, was born on January 22 1440 in Moscow, Russia. Ivan family consisted of two brothers and his parents were Maria

Vasilyevich (1530-1584), was the first of two children of Basil III and Elena Glinskaya. Ivan came into the world on August 25, 1530. Nearly a year after this Ivan's father died when he was only three. Basil had died due to a small, little pimple on his thigh that had developed into a deadly sore. Basil requested at his deathbed that his son Ivan would become the ruler of Russia when he became a man at age 15. Once Basil died the boyars took over Russia, denying Ivan's right to the throne. Ivan's mother then

Until the end of the 15th century, the vast territories to the west of the Ural Mountains, what is now known as the European part of Russia, were far from a single united state. Rather, it was a patchwork of small principalities ruled by different princes, united in their faith under the Russian Orthodox Church, but otherwise in fierce competition between themselves. The situation was complicated further by the Mongol overlords, requiring regular tributes ever since they conquered most of the Russian

had this severe mental illness, he was able to overcome all of his difficulties and become one of the greatest rulers in Russian history. Unlike many other famous rulers, Ivan the Terrible a very rough and uninteresting childhood. Ivan's father Vasili III, died when Ivan was just three years old. When his father died, he was proclaimed Grand Prince of Moscow. Because he was too young to actually rule, his mother Elena Glinskaya acted as his advisor until she later died when Ivan was only eight years

IVAN THE TERRIBLE Book: Ivan The Terrible by Chelsea House The reign of Grand Duke Vasili III in medieval Russia was the beginning of a complete turn-around for Moscow. Moscow got better and better until it became the most powerful city of medieval Russia, and Russia as a whole was under the overall rule of Moscow. Soon, when Vasili III died, he left the big role of ruling all of Russia and Moscow to his older son, Ivan or "Ivan The Terrible". Until Ivan could rule, Yelena, his mother, ruled instead

Sorrow. Drink. An endless cycle of the first Tsar of Russia, often all at once. A sick and twisted beginning, torturing animals, raping women, and drinking himself to death, the Grand Prince of Russia started here to end in almost the exact same place he started. Ivan the Terrible was true to his name, the first dictator of Russia was a cruel part of history that is never to be forgotten. Born in the Rurik Dynasty, Ivan’s father was Vasili III who died when he was only a toddler. His mother, Elena

USS Beale, began dropping depth charges on the nuclear-armed Soviet submarine B-59. The charges were warning shots to force B-59 to the surface, but the sub’s captain took them for live detonations. “The submarine captain was convinced that World War III had broken out, the captain ordered his men to arm the submarine’s nuclear torpedo and prepare to