In 1584, Tsar Ivan the Terrible died, leaving the Moscow state in complete disunity. Frequent wars, rags of Tatars, executions and disgraces, the defeat of the formidable tsar of the old rich Russian cities of Novgorod and Pskov, the device of the oprichnina and the frenzy of the oprichniki brought the country to a complete decline and razorenіya, caused general negodovanіe and vozmushchenіe and aroused in naselenіi alarm and disbelief tomorrow