Oprichnina

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Oprichnina was a policy and territory established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible in 16th-century Russia, marked by brutal political repression, mass executions, and the creation of a loyal corps of enforcers to crush perceived opposition.

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Ivan the Terrible, Part II
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Ivan IV the Terrible ("massacre of Novgorod")
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