Ivan Iv's New Russia

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Ivan IV eagerly embraced his new Russia, which he fancied as the “Third Rome” and named himself Tsar, the Russian version of the Roman and Byzantine emperor title of Caesar. Ivan IV eagerly embraced his new Russia, which he fancied as the “Third Rome” and named himself Tsar, the Russian version of the Roman and Byzantine emperor title of Caesar. Ivan IV eagerly embraced his new Russia, which he fancied as the “Third Rome” and named himself Tsar, the Russian version of the Roman and Byzantine emperor title of Caesar. Ivan IV eagerly embraced his new Russia, which he fancied as the “Third Rome” and named himself Tsar, the Russian version of the Roman and Byzantine emperor title of Caesar. Ivan IV eagerly embraced his new Russia, which he

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