Comments by "Pyromania101" (@pyromania1018) on "Ivan the Terrible: The First Stalin" video.

  1. "You will have a wicked son. Your states will be prey to terror and tears. Rivers of blood will flow. Your cities will be devoured in flames." ~Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
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  2. Ivan was one of Stalin's personal idols, the other being Augustus.
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  3. It's very common in dictatorships: they feel the need to keep the populace cowed, and also feel the need to vent their frustrations over inevitable ruin on someone who supposedly can't fight back.
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  4. No. This was the prediction made by the "religious man" after Ivan's dad divorced his wife and married Elena, an impoverished patrician young enough to be his daughter.
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  5.  @PeterGregoryKelly  Except Claudius... unless you consider the incest part. Having an open mind about farts, by contrast, isn't a recipe for insanity, though.
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  6. Third, actually. Peter the Great shares quite a few similarities with both men.
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