Again I am sorry for not blogging more, it has been a mixture of being really busy and not being able to get a shot of the computer at home.Today way back in 1547 Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.He was responsible for transforming Russia into a multi ethnic and multiconfessional state spanning almost one billion acres, approximately 4,046,856 km2 (1,562,500 sq mi). Ivan was terrible not only due to his fits of anger and rage but he also blew up people with explosives, impaled people and he fried them, too.
Its not really fair for us to judge him by today's standards as life back in the 16th century was more brutal than what we are hopefully used to in our normal lives. Also Ivan was believed to have suffered from mercury poising causing poor mental health.
