"Tsar"

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The year 1565 – the time of Ivan the Terrible’s reign, known as the Dark Ages. Russia is torn apart by hunger and the Livonian war. The ruler sees betrayal and treachery everywhere. His loyal subjects, the Oprichniki, have shed lots of blood of those they deemed to enemies of the Tsar. The only one who opposes the tsar’s orders is Metropolitan Phillip, a longtime friend of Ivan IV, who sacrifices his life for the good of the people. The story of this moral opposition demonstrates Russia’s capacity of reachable extremes of both good and evil.

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