Ivan the Terrible is actually a mistranslation of Ivan Grozny, ... “That screen forces people to think, but nowhere, not in the tours, do we draw such a primitive parallel,” Nikiforov said.

In the film, Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1991), the Tsar is played by the Georgian comedian Kakha Kavsadze – he mocks his character, making faces in the frame and performing senseless actions.

Ivan the Terrible “Epic and stirring ... David Pountney’s production, drawing on Rimsky-Korsakov’s multiple iterations of the piece, offers both the standard opera and a prologue set 20 ...

Today, Ivan is better known as Ivan the Terrible, though the name wouldn’t be attached to him until much later. Ivan ruled as Russia’s first-ever czar for nearly four decades.

Ivan the Terrible, Russia's first tsar, transformed his country into an empire, expanding its borders eastwards into Siberia, and south to the Caspian. But he's better remembered for his barbarity ...

Last year, residents of the Russian city of Oryol fought off moves to erect a monument to Josef Stalin -- now they're battling against plans for a statue of another tyrant, Ivan the Terrible.