may 15, 1533 - Ivan IV’s Consolidation of Power (1533)
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Ruthlessly replaces the Boyar nobility with a new one that relied on the state for land and status, called the service nobility. He stripped peasants, townsfolk and wealthy merchants of their rights, preventing movement and forming their dependence on him
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