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Oprichnina (redirect from Oprichina)The oprichnina (Russian: опри́чнина, IPA: [ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪnə]) was a state policy implemented by Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Russia between 1565 and 1572. The...22 KB (2,789 words) - 03:47, 12 August 2024- (Russian: опри́чники, IPA: [ɐˈprʲitɕnʲɪk], oprichniki, meaning "men of oprichina"; singular: oprichnik) were a corps that served as bodyguards, police...9 KB (1,074 words) - 03:22, 12 August 2024
- August 2016. [Ivan IV] established a political security force to run the Oprichina[sic], whose task was to spy on his enemies and destroy them; hence Ivan...25 KB (2,464 words) - 19:58, 10 August 2024
- police had a long history in Tsarist Russia. Ivan the Terrible used the Oprichina, while more recently the Third Section and Okhrana existed. Early on,...60 KB (5,927 words) - 05:30, 27 August 2024
IV turning against part of the Tsardom's nobility and people with the oprichina that began in 1565, leaving Russia in a state of political chaos and civil...67 KB (7,431 words) - 05:33, 20 August 2024
- consented to do so, but entrenched himself within a peculiar institution, the oprichina or “separate estate.” Certain towns and districts all over Russia were