Ivan the Terrible thread. "the terrible" is actually

>>3271973
That's what the word terrible means. It retains that sense often, especially in writing. The popular sense derives from that. It's a similar case for awful.

>>3272007
Does awful mean "creates awe"?

Boyars, russian nobles were in charge during his childhood years and they bullied him forcing him to be their cupbearer while they were ruling in his name because he was orphan.

There is very little proof that Ivan IV actually killed his son. Please stop saying this like it's a well-known fact.

>>3272007
The general idea is Ivan who produces both awe and fear, but there isn't really a single word for that in english.

A worse mistranslation of title is for Ethelred the Unready. The old english word translated as unready: Unræd actually means poorly counseled. It wasn't a title that was attached to him until after his death.

>>3271973
>is far more akin to "the feared" or basically the "not to be fucked with"

I thought it was more like "the impressive"?

>>3272026
Not really.
The word "Гpoзный" means "menacing" in Russian.

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>>3271973
>but he killed his son for some vague reason and was the last of the Rurikids
There's no actual proof that he killed his son and this theory was popularised by that famous painting, also he had 2 other sons

>>3272019
>>3272131
I heard he executed him for some reason. He wasn't the last of the Rurikids?

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>>3271973
He looked forward the Judgment Day.

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>>3272134
>He wasn't the last of the Rurikids
No. Fyodor Ivanovich, who was one of Ivan IV's sons, was the last one.

>>3272193
Why isn't Feodor a /his/ meme?

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He was considered for a king in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Instead Stephen Bathory was chosen and whooped Ivan's ass at Pskov.

>>3272134
The theory is that he accidently hit him with his staff. He had 2 other sons Dmitry & Fyodor, Dmitry died young, had seizure and fell on the knife he played with, Fyodor ruled quietly and died without a heir, his wifes brother then took over and Dmitry imposters starts to appear backed by PLC and the whole Time of Troubles thing began.
Also. Peter the Great executed his son for treason

>>3272198
Why should it be?

>>3272228
Accidentally brutally cut his head off while shaving hey

And yeah I imagine that I'm thinking of Peter then

He was Stalin's idol. Despite the fact his rule started great and arguably caused a disaster soon after his death, his image among contemporary Russian population was positive. He mostly fucked with nobles, excluding Novgorod affair.