by DavidErickson

Question by yibin w: What was the social structure like in Russia while Ivan IV was in power?

I need the info for a world history project, but I cant seem to find specifics.
By social structure, i mean what is the role of some social institutions like, education, family, marriage, social class, ethnicity and who controlled them?




Best answer:

Answer by Lilitu
he was the first tsar and he was just as mad as brilliant. He conquered most of todays russia, on the other hand murdered his own son in a fit or rage and beated his sons preagnant wife so bad she misscarried and thus effectifly ended his dynasty and had nearly as many wifes (and also the same "good" relationships) as Henry VIII of England.

He was grand prince of Moscow (1533â€"84) and the first to be proclaimed tsar of Russia (from 1547). His reign saw the completion of the construction of a centrally administered Russian state and the creation of an empire that included non-Slav states. Ivan engaged in prolonged and largely unsuccessful wars against Sweden and Poland, and, in seeking to impose military discipline and a centralized administration, he instituted a reign of terror against the hereditary nobility.


Further info on society:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_IV_of_Russia

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