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Group: Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of
People: Boris Godunov
Topic: Colonization of Asia, Spanish
Location: Syrdarya Syrdarya Uzbekistan

The Oprichnina has been a total failure. …

Years: 1572 - 1572

The Oprichnina has been a total failure.

Ivan is in autumn of 1572 forced to disband it, ending his domestic policy of political police, mass repressions, public executions, and confiscation of land from Russian aristocrats.

Saying the word Oprichnina is now punishable by death.