He instituted the first Zemsky Sobor and later created the oprichniks, who, besides massacring the population of Novgorod, acted as a force of goons to harass the boyars, whom this ruler mistrusted

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1. He instituted the first Zemsky Sobor and later created the oprichniks, who, besides massacring the population of Novgorod, acted as a force of goons to harass the boyars, whom this ruler mistrusted