He sent the oprichniki after the entire city of Novgorod, one of several questionable decisions that led to the sack of Moscow in 1571, and his murder of his son Ivan Ivanovich left only the feeble-minded Fyodor as a legitimate heir

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1. He sent the oprichniki after the entire city of Novgorod, one of several questionable decisions that led to the sack of Moscow in 1571, and his murder of his son Ivan Ivanovich left only the feeble-minded Fyodor as a legitimate heir