Ivan the Terrible in Russian historical memory since 1991 / Charles J. Halperin.

"Tsar Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV, 1533-1584) is one of the most controversial rulers in Russian history, infamous for his cruelty. He was the first Russian ruler to use mass terror as a political instrument, and the only Russian ruler to do so before Stalin. Comparisons of Ivan to Stalin only e...

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Main Author: Halperin, Charles J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2021.
Series:Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Publications
  • Anything Goes: Post-1991 Historiography of Ivan the Terrible in Russia
  • Who Was Not Ivan the Terrible? Who Ivan the Terrible Was Not
  • Would You Believe in Saint Ivan? Reforming the Image of Tsar Ivan the Terrible
  • Dueling Ivans, Dueling Stalins
  • A Proposal to Revive the Oprichnina
  • Ivan the Terrible in Russian History Surveys and Textbooks since
  • Two Imperial Interpretations of Ivan the Terrible
  • Ivan the Terrible from the Point of View of Tatar History
  • A Reflection of the Current State of Ivan the Terrible Studies
  • Generalissimo Ivan the Terrible
  • Part Two: Films
  • Eisenstein's Ivan, Neuberger's Ivan, Ivan's Ivan
  • The Atheist Director and the Orthodox Tsar: Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible
  • Ivan the Terrible Returns to the Silver Screen: Pavel Lungin's Film Tsar.'