Imfazwe yaseVieton njengombonakalo wobuntu bukaIvan obunzima.

Mhlawumbi, ngexesha elide lolawulo luka-Russian autocrat uJohn Vasilyevich, owamkela igama lesiqhankqalazo likaGrozny, kwakungekho isiganeko esasiza kubonisa ngokucacileyo yonke loo nto iphakanyiswayo yinto yokumkani, njengempi yaseLibonian. Inkambo yonke yale minyaka engamashumi amabini anantlanu ekulweni, ukususela ekuqaqameni kwayo kokuqaqambileyo ekupheleni kwayo ihlazo, yayisiphumo esicacileyo sobudlova obuye baqhubela phambili kwiminyaka, apho ukumkani engenise ubomi bakhe kuphela, kodwa kunye nenhlalakahle yelizwe lakhe.

I-Livonian War yaqaliswa ngumntu oneminyaka engama-28 ubudala, omncinci kwaye ogcwele amandla namandla. Isizathu esisemthethweni sokuqala kwayo sasingahambisani noMyalelo we- Livonian kunye nezivumelwano ezigqitywe neRashiya ngo-1554. Ezi zibandakanya ukungavumi ukugqiba naziphi na izivumelwano kunye neSigismund II, ukubuya kwetyala lemihla kaYuryev kuyo yonke iminyaka edluleyo kunye nezinye izibophelelo. Emva kokuba bephulwa, isithuba esisesikweni sokuthatha isenzo sempi sasingasaphathwa.

Emva kokuphumelela kweKazzan kunye neAstrakhan, kunye nokuphelisa uxolo kunye neLithuania, umboniso omncinane u-Ivan uhambele kwi-Livonian Order. Ukutshatyalaliswa kwakhe okubonakalayo ngokuthe gqolo kwanika zonke izihlandlo zokucinga malunga nokuba iRashiya iyakwazi ukufumana loo mazwe ayo eya kwenza ukuba kubekho ukufikelela okungenakunyuswa kwiLwandle lwaseBaltic. I-Livonian War, eyabangela ukuba izizathu ezicacileyo zenze i-geopolitical, zaqalwa ngo-1558 kwada kwafika ngo-1561 zazisa kuphela ukunqoba kumlawuli waseRussia. UNarva noDorpat bawela ngokungafunekanga, ukuvinjelwa kweRiga kwabakhokelela ekulungiseni isivumelwano malunga nokusasazwa kwe-Livonian Order eRussia. Kodwa ukuphefumula okuncinci kwindlela yokusebenza kwempi, eyaba yinto yokuqala yokuphosa impazamo, yakhokelela ekubeni izinto ezintathu ezinamandla - iPoland, iLithuania neSweden - zathatha iingalo kumkhosi we-tsarist.

Kule mpi ye-Livonian yimpumelelo iphelile, kwaye imbali ende ende yempumelelo eyahlukileyo kunye nokuhluleka komkhosi kuqala. Kancinci, i-worldview ye-Ivan iinguqu ezimbi kakhulu, ubona ukungcatsha ngaye, ukuqala ukuhlaziywa kokuqala. Ngo-1564 bafikelela kwisikali esinokuthi umhlobo othembekileyo waseTsar uNkosana uKurbsky unyanzelekile ukuba ashiye uyise. Ngelo xesha i-Lithuanians iqala ukuvinjelwa kwePoltsk, esandulwe yimikhosi yaseRashiya. Ukumkani, ezama ukujongana nokungaphumeleli kwaye ngokukhawuleza angene kwilasha yolwaphulo, ngo-1565 umisa i-oprichnina.

Ukuxhatshazwa ngumzabalazo "notshaba lwangaphakathi" olukhokelwa nguye, i-tsar ibhubhisa abaphathi abanamakhono amaninzi, intshabalalisa inani elikhulu labathengi bakhe, lilahla umkhosi wokuzaliswa ngokutsha. Imfazwe ngeli xesha lilolu hlobo olunobunzima, iLituanians ithatha kancane kancane iinqaba zaseRashiya, kwaye ngowe-1569, ngenxa yokubambisana kunye nePoland, zombini idibanisa enye. Ngoku, utshaba oluphambili, olufuneka lunqotshwe kwiVieton War, nguRzeczpospolita.

Kwiminyaka yokuqala ye-1570, u- Ivan the Terryble wagqiba ekubeni enze umgudu wokugqiba, kwaye wazingqinga uRevvel, ngokukhawuleza wathatha iinqaba ezininzi. Kodwa i-Tsar ayikwazi ukucinga ngokugqithiseleyo njengaphambili, iminyaka emininzi yokudakwa, ukudakwa kunye nokuphazamiseka kwemizwa eyenziwe ngokukhawuleza yenze umsebenzi wayo, kwaye umlawuli onobuqilileyo kwaye onesibindi umi ngumbutho womkhosi, kunye nomntu ophazamisekile, uzimisele ukutshintsha izigqibo zakhe kwaye akanakho ukwabelana ngesabelo esifanelekileyo Cowardice.

Ngaphezu koko, amaRashiya sele esele ayishiye isikhundla esaphumelela ekuqaleni - i-Polotsk, iNarva, iVelikie Luki yawa, ukuvinjelwa kweSpkov kwade kwade kwakha.

Ngomnyaka we-1582-83 iMpiyon yaseVieton, iziphumo ezibonakalisa zidanisa kakhulu i-Tsar yaseRashiya, iphetha ngokusayinwa koxolo. I-Truce kunye ne-Yam-Zampol Uxolo uxolo konke okuphumelelayo komkhosi waseRussia. Indlela eya eLwandle lwaseBaltic yahlala iphupha eRussia, enye inkosi eya kuyiqonda kwelinye inkulungwane.