Stories of persons and places in Europe . y is forgiven; and letme in remembrance of this day have thy constant prayers. The priest then withdrewhis curse, and Ivan enteredthe city, penitently to kneelbefore the shrine of But as time passed on,the Czar again became en-raged against the city, andthis time nothing could saveit from his wrath. He en-tered it in fury and putmore than sixty thousandmen to death, some with themost terrible torture. INoteven women and childrenwere spared. The streetsliterally ran with blood, andwere choked up with thebodies of the slain. In his last days I
Stories of persons and places in Europe . y is forgiven; and letme in remembrance of this day have thy constant prayers. The priest then withdrewhis curse, and Ivan enteredthe city, penitently to kneelbefore the shrine of But as time passed on,the Czar again became en-raged against the city, andthis time nothing could saveit from his wrath. He en-tered it in fury and putmore than sixty thousandmen to death, some with themost terrible torture. INoteven women and childrenwere spared. The streetsliterally ran with blood, andwere choked up with thebodies of the slain. In his last days Ivan wasseverely punished for hismany cruel deeds. He hada son of whom he was veryfond, and to whom he ex-pected to leave the large empire he had taken such pains to build up. One day, in a rage, he struckthis son a savage blow with his great iron staff, and killed him on the was the fathers grief and remorse; he could find no comfort in any-thing, and was about to leave his throne and enter a convent when deathcalled him IVAN THE TERRIBLE. 28 Persons and Places in Europe. Peters Legacy.—Nearly a hundred years went by after the death ofIvan the Terrible before as able a ruler wore his crown. Then came Peterthe Great, who raised the country from barbarism to civilization. For thishe deserved the title of Great, but for the inhuman cruelties he practiced hedeserved the title of Terrible as much as did Ivan. He seemed to have noregard whatever for human life. At Berlin, when shown a new gibbet, heordered one of his servants to be hung upon it that he might see how itoperated. When he built St. Petersburg, a hundred thousand workmenwere destroyed the first year by the hard work, dampness and bad food andshelter. He was not only inconsiderate, but terribly passionate. One day atdinner he quarreled with his general-in-chief. Becoming angry, he drewhis sword and, striking the officer, cried, Thus will I mar thy mal-govern-ment! He appealed to a couple of nobles pres
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