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A palace quarrel, a staff raised, and a blow that echoed for decades. In 1581, Ivan IV clashed with his heir Ivan Ivanovich—an altercation that, according to multiple near-contemporary reports, left the tsarevich mortally wounded. Whether rage killed him outright or injuries led to his death soon after, the consequence was the same: the Rurikid succession shattered. With the capable heir gone, the crown passed to the frail Fyodor I, power slid to boyars and favorites, and after Fyodor’s death the realm plunged into the Time of Troubles—famine, impostors, foreign intervention—until the Romanovs rose. This short separates chronicle from legend (including Repin’s famous painting) and shows how a single violent moment can unmake a dynasty.

Note: Educational analysis—concise, sourced, and non-graphic.

Easter-egg watch: once in the video, a normal-size black cat named Chrono—with amber eyes and a small clock medallion—passes quietly in the background, unseen by anyone on screen.

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Keywords: Ivan the Terrible, Ivan Ivanovich, Fyodor I, Rurikid dynasty, Time of Troubles, Russian succession, Oprichnina, Muscovy, Repin painting, dynasty collapse

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