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Russia, Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), AR Kopeck, 1533 - 1547 AD
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Title
Russia
,
Ivan
IV
(Ivan
the
Terrible)
,
AR
Kopeck
,
1533
-
1547
AD
Obverse
Moscow
Arms
Type/denomination
AR
Kopeck
Diameter
11.5 millimeters
Weight
0.33 grams
Origin
Russia
Period
1533
-
1547
AD
Description
Struck
during
the
period
of
Ivan
IV
, this
coin
is
of the
period
1533
through
1547
AD
.
Ivan
IV
,
generally
known
as
Ivan
the
Terrible
, was
crowned
Grand
Prince
of
Moscow
in
1533
AD
at
age
three
. In
1547
AD
he
declared
himself
Czar
of
all
Russia
, and
set
about
centralizing
the
Russian
government
and
consolidating
his
power
. He
engaged
in a
reign
of
terror
against
anyone
he
thought
might
oppose
him,
torturing
and
executing
many
thousands
of his
subjects
,
including
his
own
son
.
Entire
cities
were
destroyed
and
regions
were
left
depopulated
.
Though
he
expanded
the
Russian
Empire
eastward
into
Siberia
, his
attempts
to
expand
into the
Baltic
met
with
disastrous
defeats
. The
military
,
weakened
by
Ivan's
purges
, was
defeated
by
Sweden
and
Poland
.
Ivan
IV
also
successively
had
seven
wives
and
kept
some
50
concubines
.
Having
destroyed
the
economy
of the
country
and
having
killed
his
most
promising
heir
,
Russia
fell
into "The
Time
of
Troubles
"
after
his
death
in
1584
AD
.
Publisher
Hillsdale College
Donor
Alwin
C
.
Carus
Collection
Medieval
Accession number
20050082
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