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Ivan the Terrible
May. 26th, 2003 11:17 pmI watched an hour of the Russian Special before I decided it was time to do homework... Got up to the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Ruled Russia in the late 16th century. Before then, all I got out of it was that the Mongols took over Russia for about three centuries and the Russians had a hard time getting them out. But Moscow was growing stronger and eventually it banded together to drive them out. Ivan III was Russia's first Czar(the first to use that name, at least). His son(don't remember his name) had a marriage that was dissaproved by the Roman Catholic Priests. They fortold that his son would be a terrible monster and bring about the ruins of the Russian Empire. Sure enough, this terrible monster would later be named Ivan the Terrible.
From his youth, he already had mallicious tendencies. He liked to throw dogs and other animals off of really high places ^_^*. I'm pretty sure his first killing of a person was when he was 13 and he ordered trained dogs to be let loose on this nobleman whom he concidered to be his enemy. His first wife was Anastasia Romanova. He loved her immensely and was least vindictive during their marriage, but she died during from a fever and Ivan became even worse. He accused everyone of his advisors of conspiring against him and gave meaning to "cruel and unusual punishment" He killed hundreds of noblemen during this period. Eventually, the clergy and people condoned him from all of his murders, and he left Moscow, claiming he did not wish to lead a country he did not have full control of. Surely, the Russians were falling apart and begged him to come back. By doing so, he was promised he would be able to take care of all his enemies with no one intervening. It was said that the closer you were to Ivan the Terrible, the closer you were to death. Eventually, he went on a rage and killed the son of Anastasia that was to be his heir during a fight about his chosen wife Ivan did not approve of. It was then that he began to get haunted by all the people he killed so he decided to commemorate them by writing down their names for display... He died somehow after playing chess, and Russia had no future Czar.
A whole bunch of rulers held the throne... and most got murdured by someone or another quite quickly. One story is really funny. And impostor came from Poland , claiming he was an ancestor of Ivan the terrible. He stayed with the throne for over a year until he was discovered. He was sent back to Poland- THE RUSSIAN WAY. He was burned at the steak, his ashes shoved into a cannon pointed at Poland and FIRE AWAY.
I would have watched more ;_; . Well, this concludes the history lesson for tonight... I would have been done at like 11, but JEFERRY @#)(*@(^#%. Gawd, every single time I talk to him, he wanders to the Intarnet Luvar and how I should find someone else and stop with this relationship and bla bla... it seems like that's all we ever talk about. This time it was an hour and a half about that 0_o. I should get Jeferry an internet luvar so he can shaddup and be all " OMG INTARNET LUVARS ARE WONDERFUL. YOU SHOULD FIND THIS INTARNET LUVAR OF YOURS AND MARRY AND HAVE BABIES AND BE HAPPY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!" XDD.
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MQDuck (12:50:34 AM): i dont WANT an internet luvar, damnit
Shaddup, Jeferry! Wha, time to go sleep...
From his youth, he already had mallicious tendencies. He liked to throw dogs and other animals off of really high places ^_^*. I'm pretty sure his first killing of a person was when he was 13 and he ordered trained dogs to be let loose on this nobleman whom he concidered to be his enemy. His first wife was Anastasia Romanova. He loved her immensely and was least vindictive during their marriage, but she died during from a fever and Ivan became even worse. He accused everyone of his advisors of conspiring against him and gave meaning to "cruel and unusual punishment" He killed hundreds of noblemen during this period. Eventually, the clergy and people condoned him from all of his murders, and he left Moscow, claiming he did not wish to lead a country he did not have full control of. Surely, the Russians were falling apart and begged him to come back. By doing so, he was promised he would be able to take care of all his enemies with no one intervening. It was said that the closer you were to Ivan the Terrible, the closer you were to death. Eventually, he went on a rage and killed the son of Anastasia that was to be his heir during a fight about his chosen wife Ivan did not approve of. It was then that he began to get haunted by all the people he killed so he decided to commemorate them by writing down their names for display... He died somehow after playing chess, and Russia had no future Czar.
A whole bunch of rulers held the throne... and most got murdured by someone or another quite quickly. One story is really funny. And impostor came from Poland , claiming he was an ancestor of Ivan the terrible. He stayed with the throne for over a year until he was discovered. He was sent back to Poland- THE RUSSIAN WAY. He was burned at the steak, his ashes shoved into a cannon pointed at Poland and FIRE AWAY.
I would have watched more ;_; . Well, this concludes the history lesson for tonight... I would have been done at like 11, but JEFERRY @#)(*@(^#%. Gawd, every single time I talk to him, he wanders to the Intarnet Luvar and how I should find someone else and stop with this relationship and bla bla... it seems like that's all we ever talk about. This time it was an hour and a half about that 0_o. I should get Jeferry an internet luvar so he can shaddup and be all " OMG INTARNET LUVARS ARE WONDERFUL. YOU SHOULD FIND THIS INTARNET LUVAR OF YOURS AND MARRY AND HAVE BABIES AND BE HAPPY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!" XDD.
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MQDuck (12:50:34 AM): i dont WANT an internet luvar, damnit
Shaddup, Jeferry! Wha, time to go sleep...
