The March Of Muscovy: Ivan the Terrible

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by  Harold Lamb

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otherHsa,r olLda mb providtehse
backgroufnodrt hel argaenrd m ore
puzzliqnuge ryh:o ww ast he Russian
THE MARCH
gianbto rna,n dh owd idi tg row?
OF MUSCOVY
HarolLda mbh asa w ayo fb reathing
lifieJl ttoh ep asto,f c ombining the
besotf s cholarwsihtihpt hem osto f
]vatnhT ee rrible •
interaensdvt i talNiotwy,i. n t elltihneg
antdhg er oow tIh
storoyf t he groowftfi hf teenttoh -
the REumspsiiraen: seventeenth-cReunstsuirahy,e has
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callfeodr tthh ev oicoefcs o ntemporary
1400-1648
visitaonrdms e rchanetxsp,l orCionsg­
sackdsi,p lomaotfst het imee,x iled
by priesatnsdt, h weo rdosft hamto satc ute
HAROLD LAMB
observoefhr i so wnp eoplIev,a nt he
TerribFloer.! vani st hed ominant
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figuroef t hes toraysh ew ast hed omi­
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nanfitg ure oafg eh-itse rricfryuienlg,,
towno na r ivearn,dn ota venroyt able
visionaamrbyi,t ioaunsda, b le.
towna tt hat.
"Upont hatto wno fM osc owc ertain THEM ARcOHF Muscoivsyt hes tory
forces aacntdea dr,o unidt o utward oft hew orkt haItv atnh eT erribbel­e
eventtoso ks hapree,s ultiinmn igg ra­ gana, w orkt hamta yn oty et cboem ­
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bridgitnhges eta ot heN ew World.
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THE MARCH OF MUSCOVY
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HISTORINCAARLR ATIVES
1heJrf arcbo ft heB arbari1ahnes:M :o ngoDlo minitoont heD eath
ofX ubil:Kahia n
TheC rusad1erso::Mn e n andS aints
The Crusades: 1obf1e s lJ=alma me
The.?W are ho f.?W uscovy1:v atnh eT erriabnldet hey rowtohf t he
RussiEatnn pire
FoRO LDECRH ILDREN
Durandal
Wbit1ea lcon
'J<irdy: 1beO uRtoo aftd h eW orld
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'Jvatnh Tee rrainbtdl hee r owth
thReu ssEimabni re
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1400-1648
by
HAROLD LAMB
QardCeint yY,. 'N.
DOUBLEADY COMPANYI,N C.
&
1948
COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY HAROLO LAMB
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
FIRST EDITION
FOREWORD
Y
ODA Russiao mniisp resientn htec onsciouosfn ess
thewo rlWde. araep tt ot hinokfh era sa ne normous,
expandeinntgi ty, almosti nhm aorndonleistsha,is c a nd
enu rinagst hemo untaoifnt sh ee arth.
To understtahnihdsa rdnaensdst hiqsu aliotfey n durance,
iti sn ecesspaerryh,a tposl ,o onko ta tw hatR ussiisat oday
buta tw hats hew asi nt heb eginniWnhga.tw ast habte ­
ginning?
This baototkpe tns1 tteolt lh es toroyft hee xpansoifo n
Russdiuar intgh ep eriod corretsopt ohnepd iionnged eary s
inA mericat.h beIe ng inntihnegrw ea so nlayt own aor ni ver,
andn ota v ernyo tabtloew na,tt haUtp.o nt hatto wno fM os­
cowc ertafionr ces aacntdae rdo,u nidto utwaervde nttoso k
shape, reisnum litgirnagt ionc oalnodn izaatciroonts hse
breadotfh tEhuer ascioannt inaenndte ,v ebnr idgtihnegs ea
tot heN ew WorldW.h atw erteh osfeo rceWsh?y dids uch
at namsosv emetnatk pel acAen?d w hyd idi tm ovet ot heea st
ofM uscovayn,d tthoet nh en ortohfe ast?
Aboutth em iddlofet hes eventeceenntthu ar cyh,r onicler
inM oscowp utt heq uestiotnh iwisan y :" Whatn 1aenv er
thougohrtd ivintehdaM to scoww oulbde comae k ingdom,
orw hatm an evkenre wt haMto scowwo ulbde a ccounatne d
empire?"
Hisq uestiisoa nsd ifficutlota nswearsi ti sf ascinattoi ng
tryt od os oF.o rM oscofiwr setm ergferdo mo bscurtiot-y
•
FOREWORD
V1
wardt he oft heT taa rd ominitoonb ,e comien t wo
end
the
centurieRsu ssiEamnp ire.
Thisb ooki sc oncernweidt thh eh appenionftg hso stew o
centurnioetts oe xplatihne mb utt or elattheev isiebvleen ts
thehya vbee erne cordbeydd e pendaebyleew itnesses-by
as
foreivgins itaonrdms e rchanbtyes x,p lorCionsgs acfkasc,t ­
findinagm bassaodfot rhset imeb,y w anderianngde xiled
prieasntdsi ,nt hceo mmenotfts h amto satc utoeb serovfeh ri s
ownp eoplIev,ac na lltehdTe e rrible.
o happetnhsa Itv anl'isfe ex tendtehdr outghhe main
s
It
movemeonfth ipse optloet hee asats,E lizabeetxht'esnd ed
throutghhe earliesto ftm hoEevn egmleinnsathv igaatcorross s
theh igshe aBsu.t M uscovbye gaann,d t hea dvanfcreo m
Moscoswt artientd h,le i fetoifIm vea ng'rsa ndfather.
To understtahnead g ei nw hicthh et woI vanlsi veidti, s
necesstaorl yo obkr ieafltyt hel ancda llReuds b efotrhee
incomionftg h Te taa rs.