Ivan the Terrible
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| + | [[Image:The red splodge representing the reign of Ivan the Terrible in Gustave Doré's 'The History of Holy Russia'.jpg |thumb|right|200px|[[The red splodge representing the reign of Ivan the Terrible in Gustave Doré's 'The History of Holy Russia']]]] | ||
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| - | An '''onion dome''' (Russian: луковичная глава, ''lúkovichnaya glava'') is a [[dome]] whose shape resembles an [[onion]], after which they are named. Such domes are often larger in diameter than the [[drum (architecture)|drum]] upon which they are set, and their height usually exceeds their width. These bulbous structures taper smoothly to a point. | + | '''Ivan IV Vasilyevich''' (25 August 1530 – 28 March 1584) was the [[Grand Prince of Moscow]] from 1533 to 1547 and [[List of Russian rulers|Tsar of All the Russias]] from 1547 until his death. |
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| + | *[[Tsars of Russia family tree]] | ||
| + | *[[Tsardom of Russia]] History of the Tsardom of Russia | ||
| - | It has been posited that onion domes first appeared during the reign of [[Ivan the Terrible]]. The domes of [[Saint Basil's Cathedral]] have not been altered since the reign of Ivan's son [[Fyodor I]], indicating the presence of onion domes in the sixteenth-century Russia. | ||
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Ivan IV Vasilyevich (25 August 1530 – 28 March 1584) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and Tsar of All the Russias from 1547 until his death.
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- Tsars of Russia family tree
- Tsardom of Russia History of the Tsardom of Russia
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