Ivan the Terrible has long been a controversial figure. Some historians regard him as a crazed and evil tyrant; while others (especially Soviet scholars of the Stalin period) have viewed him as a progressive and far-sighted statesman. The folklore about Ivan has played an important part in these debates. Was Ivan's depiction in folklore favourable or hostile? And how far can it be regarded as evidence of contemporary popular attitudes towards the tsar? In this unusual and far-ranging study, Maureen Perrie discusses the nature of Ivan's image in Russian folklore; its historical basis; its development; and the controversies which have surrounded it in pre-revolutionary and Soviet Russian scholarship. She argues that Ivan was in general portrayed in folklore in a positive light, but that this image does not necessarily reflect sixteenth-century views.
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In this unusual and far-ranging study, Maureen Perrie discusses the nature of Ivan's image in Russian folklore; its historical basis; its development; and the controversies which have surrounded it in pre-revolutionary and Soviet Russian scholarship.
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istoricheskie pesni, bold young lad, narodnoe poeticheskoe tvorchestvo, oprichnina period, folktale index, tsar rewards, cossack circle, terrible tsar, orthodox tsar, russkie skazki, wandering motifs, popular monarchism, historical songs, wandering themes, folklore image, fine young lad, head chorister, narodnye pesni, cossack songs, majesty the tsar, young tsarevich, white tsar, orthodox sovereign, sovereign tsar, drevnei rusi Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ivan the Terrible, Ivana Groznogo, Nikita Romanovich, Peter the Great, Ivan Groznyi, Ivan Ivanovich, Malyuta Skuratov, Mariya Temryukovna, Nikola of Pskov, Kirsha Danilov, Khariton Beloulin, Giles Fletcher, Nizhnii Novgorod, Sten'ka Razin, Time of Troubles, Anastasiya Romanovna, Gulf Breeze, River Volga, River Volkhov, Tsarevich Fedor, Boris Godunov, Ermak's Siberian, Jeffrey Brooks, Patriarch Filaret, Red Square New!
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istoricheskie pesni, bold young lad, narodnoe poeticheskoe tvorchestvo, oprichnina period, folktale index, tsar rewards, cossack circle, terrible tsar, orthodox tsar, russkie skazki, wandering motifs, popular monarchism, historical songs, wandering themes, folklore image, fine young lad, head chorister, narodnye pesni, cossack songs, majesty the tsar, young tsarevich, white tsar, orthodox sovereign, sovereign tsar, drevnei rusi Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ivan the Terrible, Ivana Groznogo, Nikita Romanovich, Peter the Great, Ivan Groznyi, Ivan Ivanovich, Malyuta Skuratov, Mariya Temryukovna, Nikola of Pskov, Kirsha Danilov, Khariton Beloulin, Giles Fletcher, Nizhnii Novgorod, Sten'ka Razin, Time of Troubles, Anastasiya Romanovna, Gulf Breeze, River Volga, River Volkhov, Tsarevich Fedor, Boris Godunov, Ermak's Siberian, Jeffrey Brooks, Patriarch Filaret, Red Square New!
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- Ivan the Terrible (The Russian Series, V. 32) by R. G. Skrynnikov on 11 pages
- Boris Godunov (The Russian Series, V. 35) by R. G. Skrynnikov on page 30, page 110, and Back Matter
- Ivan the Terrible by Maureen Perrie in Front Matter, page 31, and Back Matter
- Ivan the Terrible by Platonov & Hellie on page 7, and Back Matter
- Young Russia: The Genesis of Russian Radicalism in the 1860s by Abbott Gleason in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Ivan the Terrible by Professor Isabel de Madariaga on 4 pages
- Writing Russia in the Age of Shakespeare (Studies in European Cultural Transition) by Daryl W. Palmer on page 23, and Back Matter
- A People Born to Slavery: Russia in Early Modern European Ethnography, 1476-1748 (Studies of the Harriman Institute) by Marshall T. Poe on page 108, and page 160
- Popular Opinion in Stalin's Russia: Terror, Propaganda and Dissent, 1934-1941 by Sarah Davies in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia: The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles by Maureen Perrie in Back Matter
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