Vladimir Putin claims kinship with Ivan the Terrible

President Vladimir Putin regularly references Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great in his historical vision for Russia.

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This appropriation of historical figures serves to justify his expansionist policies and centralized power consolidation.

This historical narrative supports the construction of authoritarian and nationalist legitimacy for his regime.

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