Word: abashing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...intrigue against him; of how he dealt with his enemies both foreign and domestic ; and of how the man and his policies changed in the process. Major scenes are Ivan's coronation; his destruction of the Tartar city of Kazan; his rising from his supposed deathbed to abash those who are plotting against his son's succession. Half mad with grief and self-doubt after his wife's murder and his best friend's treachery, Ivan abdicates. At the end of the picture, by request of the common people, he returns to the throne, confident...
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