In Putin's Russia, Ivan the Terrible Becomes Ivan the Terrific
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A monument is being erected to Ivan the Terrible, a 16th-century Russian tsar notorious for his repressive rule and murder of his own son. Ekaterina Ponomareva describes this veneration of a historical tyrant and Moscow's attempt to control interpretation of the country's past.
This article was originally published by Coda Story.
By Ekaterina Ponomareva