# Ivan IV - Grand Prince of Moscow; Tsar of all Russia (from 1547)

URL: https://history-russia.com/rulers/ivan-iv
Reign: 1533 - 1584
Born-Died: 1530 - 1584
Dynasty: Rurikids of Moscow
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible

Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first Tsar of all Russia in 1547. His early reforms and conquests of Kazan and Astrakhan were followed by the terror of the Oprichnina and the ruinous Livonian War.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Elena Glinskaya](https://history-russia.com/rulers/elena-glinskaya)
- Succeeded by: [Simeon Bekbulatovich](https://history-russia.com/rulers/simeon-bekbulatovich)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1533 - [Regency of Elena Glinskaya](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1533-regency-of-elena-glinskaya)
- 1547 - [Ivan IV crowned Tsar](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1547-ivan-iv-crowned-tsar)
- 1549 - [First Zemsky Sobor](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1549-first-zemsky-sobor)
- 1550 - [Sudebnik of 1550 and the Streltsy](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1550-sudebnik-of-1550-and-the-streltsy)
- 1552 - [Conquest of Kazan](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1552-conquest-of-kazan)
- 1555 - [St Basil's Cathedral](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1555-st-basil-s-cathedral)
- 1556 - [Annexation of Astrakhan](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1556-annexation-of-astrakhan)
- 1558 - [Livonian War begins](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1558-livonian-war-begins)
- 1564 - [First printed book in Moscow](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1564-first-printed-book-in-moscow)
- 1565 - [The Oprichnina](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1565-the-oprichnina)
- 1570 - [Massacre of Novgorod](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1570-massacre-of-novgorod)
- 1571 - [Crimean Tatars burn Moscow](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1571-crimean-tatars-burn-moscow)
- 1572 - [Battle of Molodi](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1572-battle-of-molodi)
- 1581 - [Ivan kills his son](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1581-ivan-kills-his-son)
- 1582 - [Yermak and the conquest of Siberia](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1582-yermak-and-the-conquest-of-siberia)
- 1582 - [Truce of Yam-Zapolsky](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1582-truce-of-yam-zapolsky)
- 1584 - [Death of Ivan IV](https://history-russia.com/timeline/1584-death-of-ivan-iv)