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Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) was a ruler who lived between 1530 and 1584 and in 1547 adopted the title of “tsar” in Russia, governing the Moscow-centered Russian state. Ivan IV (Ivan Vasilyevich) was the son of Grand Prince Vasily III and Elena Glinskaya. He was born on 25 August 1530 in Kolomenskoye near Moscow. He ascended the throne as Grand Prince of Moscow at a young age following his father’s death; his mother Elena Glinskaya died when Ivan was eight years old. On 16 January 1547 he was cro