The Terrible: Damnation of Power

1571. Moscow was devastated after the brutal raid of the Crimean Khan Devlet Giray. Hundreds of thousands of people were taken prisoner. =

Tsar Ivan at the zenith of his glory. He gathered around him faithful people and wise advisers - Sylvester, Alexei Adashev, Metropolitan Macarius and Prince Andrei Kurbsky.

The king orders Adashev and Sylvester to conduct a search for the death of Demetrius. The maid who dropped the heir into water managed to escape. Ivan orders to urgently find her.

The Livonian war is going on with varying success. Hopes for an easy victory did not come true. Chelyadnin enters into an agreement with the neighbors of Livonia - the Lithuanians.

Metropolitan Macarius dies. From his last conversation with the king, it becomes known about the changes that have taken place in Ivan's life. He now has a new environment.

Basmanov and Vyazemsky learn about Ivan's intention to go to monastery. For them, the tonsure of the king will mean death - the zemstvo boyars will instantly destroy oprichnina.

Vyazemsky pushes the tsar to think about the trial of Staritsky - he has always been the center of boyar turmoil. Ivan categorically rejects the offer.

The Crimean Khan Davlet-Girey comes to Russia. Ivan is ready to fight, but he learns that Tatars outnumber Russians many times over. The tsar understands inevitability of defeat.