Ivan the Terrible was one of the most deranged rulers the world has ever seen—yet few people know this mad tyrant's dark history.
In the bleak streets of 19th century Russia, one charming, beautiful woman became the country's most notorious criminal.
In 1918, Fanny Kaplan tried to kill Vladimir Lenin. He survived, and not long later 15,000 people died in the mass slaughter known as “the Red Terror.”
Michael Alexandrovich tried to warn his brother, Tsar Nicholas II of the wolves in their midst. Sadly, no one took him seriously, until it was too late.
Russia in the 15th century was harsh, but Sophia Palaiologina was harsher. This Grand Princess of Moscow didn’t just survive, she thrived…even if it meant maiming and poisoning to get there.
Alexei Romanov lived a life that was one part fairy tale, one part horror story—but for all his flaws, few could say he deserved his disturbing end.
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