Ivan the Terrible in Russian historical memory since 1991 /

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 exacerb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Halperin, Charles J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Brookline, Massachusetts : Academic Studies Press, [2021]
Series:	Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history.
Subjects:	Ivan > IV, > Czar of Russia, > 1530-1584 > In literature. Ivan > IV, > Czar of Russia, > 1530-1584 > In motion pictures. Russia. > Oprichnina > Historiography. Stalin, Joseph, > 1878-1953. Russia > History > Ivan IV, 1533-1584 > Historiography. Muscovy (Grand Duchy) > History > 16th century > Historiography. Collective memory > Russia (Federation)

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.'