Ivan the "Terrible"
Are you sure that Ivan the Terrible was so terrible?
I think that Peter the great also was terrible.
Ivan IV expanded the Tsardom of Russia. He conquered lands arriving to the baltic and black sea, and part of siberia.
Peter the Great had merit to be trusted as a “great”?
Yes, Peter made great contributions to social level (creating schools, developped the industry..)
But he also was “terrible”:
Peter conquered lands as Estonia, Livonia, and part of “Finland”. He took that goal in a brutal way.
Who was most “terrible”? What do you think?
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Ivan the "Terrible"
Are you sure that Ivan the Terrible was so terrible?
I think that Peter the Great also was terrible.
Ivan IV expanded the Tsardom of Russia. He conquered other lands and extended Russia's boundaries to the Baltic and Black sea, and part of Siberia.
Peter the Great deserves to be known as a “great”?
Yes, Peter made great contributions to social level (creating schools, developing industries..)
But he also was “terrible”:
Peter conquered lands as Estonia, Livonia, and part of Finland using brutal methods.
Who was most “terrible”? What do you think?
I would say make sure you are comparing them to their contemporaries and maybe that is why Peter is great and Ivan is terrible. However, I really do not know any of that history.
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Surely Peter the Great wasn't so great and he had a part of Terrible.
As you have well mentioned, he made plenty of positive things However, I would say that invading other cultures, countries to extend boundaries causing terrible wars is enough reason to not consider him great.
I suppose that the period when the historical facts happened affects calling a person great, terrible or whatever the name it is. The same facts made by a person will be considered different depending on the period of the history.
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