Ivan the Terrible: Russia's First Tsar and His Reign of Terror | Full Documentary

Papa Doc: https://youtu.be/n28SNnGNAzM Ivan IV became Russia's first tsar and one of the most feared rulers in European history. Born in Moscow in 1530, Ivan survived a traumatic childhood before transforming Russia through reform, conquest and absolute rule. His capture of Kazan on October 2, 1552 helped lay the foundations of the Russian Empire, but after the death of his wife Anastasia in 1560, suspicion and violence increasingly consumed his reign. From 1565 to 1572, his feared Oprichniki unleashed a campaign of confiscation and terror, culminating in the devastation of Novgorod in 1570. Historians and a criminal profiler examine the mind and legacy of Ivan the Terrible, from his struggle for Baltic access and the killing of his own son to the propaganda that shaped his reputation. The documentary also reveals why Stalin later embraced Ivan as a model of centralized power, raising a provocative question: was Ivan IV a mad tyrant, or a ruthless modernizer whose ambitions were destroyed by his own brutality? -- Welcome to the official Get.factual youtube channel! 🌍 We are a documentary streaming channel covering history, science, technology, and nature. Explore worlds distant, forgotten, and unknown; from the depths of ocean trenches to the far reaches of the cosmos. New uploads of full-length documentaries and docu-series every week! Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/GetfactualSUB 0:00 Das Erbe eines umstrittenen Herrschers 2:48 Eine Kindheit im Schatten der Gewalt 5:16 Der erste Racheakt 7:59 Anastasia und der Aufbruch in ein neues Zeitalter 11:21 Der Sieg von Kasan 23:31 Flucht aus dem Kreml 29:55 Der Untergang von Nowgorod 47:36 Der tragische Verlust des Erben The following assets were used for thumbnails design: Banner of the Most Merciful Savior, 1552” by Лобачев Владимир, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banner_of_the_Most_Merciful_Savior,_1552.svg License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Banner modified/cropped for this thumbnail. The modified banner is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Kuindzhi_View_of_the_Kremlin_from_the_Zamoskvorechye_District_1882.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=original - Arkhip Kuindzhi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Vasnetsov_Ioann_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=original - Viktor Vasnetsov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons