Ivan the Terrible: The First Stalin

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Source/Further reading:

Good podcast series, with several episodes on Ivan (episodes 14-22): https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR...

Podcast on Ivan’s early years and the Khanates: https://player.fm/series/a-history-of...

Britannica’s biography: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...

ThoughtCo biography: https://www.thoughtco.com/ivan-the-te...

What the hell is Livonia? http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/...

What the hell is Poland-Lithuania? https://www.britannica.com/event/Unio...

The Oprichnina explained: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-oprichn...

More detail on the Oprichnina: https://books.google.cz/books?id=63i0...

Time of Troubles: https://www.britannica.com/event/Time...