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Excerpt from Demetrius the An Episode in Russian History Ivan the Fourth, Tsar and grand-duke of Russia, died in 1584, after a long reign. His foreign contemporaries surnamed him the Executioner; the Russians still call him Ivan the Terrible. But he was terrible to his subjects only, for neither the Poles nor the Tartars ever saw him on a field of battle. He was nothing better than a coarse and cruel tyrant, who delighted in shedding blood with his own hands. Nevertheless, a certain amount of popular respect remains attached to his memory during his reign, though sullied by so many crimes, the Russians began to catch a glimpse of their high destiny, and to measure their rising strength, which had been concentrated and brought into organisation by his despotism. Nations, like individuals, never retain a bitter recollection of the days of trial which have developed their energy and matured their courage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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