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By age thirteen however, young Ivan decided to take control of his own life and his own country.
到13歲的時候，年輕的伊凡決定掌握自己的生活和國家。
At his command, the Boyar Andrei Shuisky who had once dared to place his muddy boots on Ivan's bed
在他的率領下，波雅爾·安德烈·叔伊斯基，那個曾經敢把帶泥的靴子放在伊凡床上的人，
was thrown into a cell of ferocious and hungry dogs.
被丟進了裝有惡狗的牢獄中。
On January 16th, 1547, Ivan had himself crowned at the Cathedral of the Dormition,
1547年1月16日，伊凡自己在圣母升天大教堂加冕，
not as Grand Prince of Moscow, but as Tsar of all the Russias.
不是作為莫斯科大公，而是整個俄羅斯的沙皇。
The 17 year old with the sad upbringing would rule his country on his own terms.
17歲的他帶著悲慘的童年經歷，按照自己的想法治理國家。
Total domination! And this he did to such an extent that he became known in Russia as Ivan Grozny,
完全的統治，他做到這樣的程度：使他在俄國被稱為伊凡格羅斯尼，
translated into English as either or both of "Ivan the Awesome" or "Ivan the Terrible".
翻譯成英語既可以是偉大的伊凡，也可以是伊凡雷帝。
For someone who had endured such a wretched childhood and who would become one of history's greatest despots,
對于有著這樣悲慘童年的人，又會成為歷史上偉大的獨裁者，
Ivan started his reign on a positive note.
伊凡開始以積極的態度統治俄羅斯。
In 1547, he married a Boyar's daughter named Anastasia Romanovna, who he loved and honored to her dying day.
1547年，他娶了一位波雅爾的女兒安娜塔西亞，直到她去世的那一天，他一直深愛并尊敬她。
In 1549, Ivan flirted with democracy by summoning the first Zemsky Sobor, an assembly of nobility, clergy, and townsmen.
1549年，伊凡視民主如兒戲，召集第一次縉紳會議——是一次貴族，神職人員和市民的集會。
Although Ivan intended the Zemsky Sobor as a mere rubber stamp for his plans,
伊凡打算把縉紳會議只當成他政治計劃的一個橡皮圖章，
even pretending to listen to the people was more than any of his predecessors had ever done!
甚至假裝聽取民意超過于他的前任！
