Ivan IV's reign (1 gen 1547 anni – 1 gen 1584 anni)

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Expanded the Russian border eastward by first taking over khanates of Kazan, Astrakhan, and Siberia
Allowed stroganovs (major Russian landowners) to hire a band of Cossacks (fierce peasant warriors) to fight local tribes.
Boyars of Novgorod opposed the expansionist policies of Ivan IV
Ivan punished them after his forces defeated Novgorod. He confiscated their lands and forced them and their families to move to Moscow
Established paramilitary force loyal to him called the Oprichnina

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