Ivan the Terrible - Terror in the Land

NOTICE: THIS VIDEO CLIP CONTAINS HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT CRUELTIES DURING THE REIGN OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE. IT IS NOT EASY TO HEAR, OR WATCH. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

This clip, from the documentary Ivan the Terrible, is part of the series The Most Evil Men in History. In it, we learn about the cruelest times of Ivan Grozny's reign. People in Russia were unmercifully tortured, then executed. Even the highest-ranking church officials were not spared.

Novgorod, and its inhabitants, were especially targeted after the Tsar heard a rumor they were about to rebel. Thousands of people died - in the most heinous ways.