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Thanks to his wealth, one ruler with this name received the nickname Kalita or “Moneybags.” Another ruler with this name married the sister of the last Byzantine emperor, Sophia Palaiologina, (15[2])and won the (15[1])Great Stand on the Ughra (“oog-rah”) after ending his (15[1])tribute to the Golden Horde. A ruler with this name established the (*) Streltsy (10[1])infantry unit and the Oprichnik (10[1])(“aw-PREECH-neek”) secret police, the latter of which perpetrated the Massacre (10[1])of Novgorod. That ruler with this name killed his son in a fit of rage and supposedly (10[1])blinded (10[1])the architect of the St. Basil’s Cathedral. For 10 points, give this name of a “Terrible” Russian czar. (10[1])■END■

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