What was he thinking at this moment?

What was he thinking at this moment?

Trying not to get a bonner

"OH FUG"

Though death of Ivan Ivanovitch is quite an interesting subject and a bit of mystery in Russian history. Some sources claim that he died from prolonged illnes and Ivan the Terrible killing him is a meme. As you can guess both versions are subject to heavy bias for obvious reasons and we are unlikely to ever learn the truth, since when his body was studied in 1963 his skull was in such poor condition it was impossible to say if he died from head trauma.
They detected shitload of mercury in his body though, does anybody know what's up with that?

I, personally, find more popular version of his death more dramatic, though my feels certainly have no place in historic discourse. Can we have some specialists on that period of Russian history to educate us in this thread?

P.S. This painting is amazing, I think it's one of Repyn's best if not the best.

Mercury was a common ingredient in medicine back then, especially in curing STDs. But like in Ivan the Terrible’s case, it tended to cause madness.

"SHIT I left the oven on!"

>grows up in hostile environment of court intrigue and becomes super paranoid
>massacres novgorod
>invades poland-lithuania without any declaration of war (and gets btfo super hard to the point where he has to secretly send emissary to the pope promising converting Russia to Catholicism if he does something about invading poles)
i don't think its that unlikely that he killed his own son

Source for the emissary?

Hm... So was it possible that Ivan Ivanovitch was actually ill and they stuffed him with mercury? Very interesting.

Oh, he sure was a piece of work I can totally believe in him killing his son. I recall one time some messenger brought him bad news and Ivan pierced his leg with very same spiked staff and had him deliver the rest of his message in agony while Ivan kept twisting this thing in his wound.
It would be ironic though if one thing he DIDN'T actually do is the one he is most remembered for.

few books mention this, like ivan the terrible: military history and gods playground

>Yep. That's me. You're probably wondering how I got in this situation.

Would unironically love to watch movie about his life that starts with this scene. Wacky comedy about despot. Sound fun as fuck, especially the parts where he boils people alive.

He realized what he had done and saw the future of Russia at the same time.

[record scratch]

*freeze frame*

Cyka blat...da, guy cradling dead kid is me

Ivan the Terrible

You probably wonder how I got myself into this one

“Communists will defend this!”

> my line has ended!

>this brain tastes amazing

Holy fuck I’ve never seen the painting that zoomed in before and I just noticed the son is shedding a single tear.

he went into pious king mode after this for obvious reasons

>record scratch
>freeze frame
>It was at this moment Ivan knew he fucked up

>scene of an open square within the walls of Kremlin
>placed in the middle of the square is a big iron cauldron filled with boiling oil
>above the cauldron hanging by a rope, wearing nothing but a dirty loincloth, is Nikita Funikov
>he is pleading and struggling to get free
>on a podium facing the cauldron sits Ivan on his throne
>he gets up and stares directly at the camera
>time freezes
>he starts walking towards the camera, down the podium, tracking him with a medium close-up
>"Now don't get me wrong, I truly feel sorry for the poor bastard. But as the defender of the true christian faith, heir to the byzantine throne, and God's representative on earth my hands are tied. Well technically his are."
>he nods over his shoulder to the cauldron in the background
>"besides, the boys were getting a bit bored and needed a proper bbq"
>he lifts his hand and snaps his finger
>time starts and in the background Nikita plunges into the cauldron with a horrifying shriek
>Ivan shrugs his shoulders
>"oops"

>your wife's at fault son

Pay close attention to the shadow on the background. This is the moment seconds before someone enters the room and learns about the tragedy. God, why was Repin so based? Why modern art can't hold candle to the masters of old?

Kek, it should be made into the series.

'he' is Russia. And Russia brought ruin to everything and built Russia. So with all its glory, it still could not improve itself. Hence, Russia, unlike the artists, thought it unimportant that 'he' being themselves were still dying, staving, and committing suicide.