If you click here you will get to a BBC Radio 4 “Your dead to me” programme discussing Ivan the Terrible. At the time he was known as Ivan Grozny (the purifying storm) and his only ally was Elizabeth I of England. Later, Stalin called him “teacher” – have a listen and see if you think he was right. Then watch the Timewatch programme investigating his death.
Questions –
Can Russia only be effectively run by repression?
How similar were Stalin and Ivan?
Who killed Ivan the Terrible?
Mr Kydd.
