Ivan the Terrible in Russian Historical Memory since 1991

This book explores the contradictory images of Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584) in Russian historical memory since 1991 because of his controversial use of mass terror as a political instrument.

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Publications
1. Anything Goes: Post-1991 Historiography of Ivan the Terrible in Russia
2. Who Was Not Ivan the Terrible? Who Ivan the Terrible Was Not
3. Would You Believe in Saint Ivan? Reforming the Image of Tsar Ivan the Terrible
4. Dueling Ivans, Dueling Stalins
5. A Proposal to Revive the Oprichnina
6. Ivan the Terrible in Russian History Surveys and Textbooks since 1991
7. Two Imperial Interpretations of Ivan the Terrible
8. Ivan the Terrible from the Point of View of Tatar History
9. A Reflection of the Current State of Ivan the Terrible Studies
10. Generalissimo Ivan the Terrible
Part Two: Films
11. Eisenstein's Ivan, Neuberger's Ivan, Ivan's Ivan
12. The Atheist Director and the Orthodox Tsar: Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible
13. Ivan the Terrible Returns to the Silver Screen: Pavel Lungin's Film Tsar
Conclusion
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index