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From that point on, Ivan lived in and out of madness until his death in 1584.
從那時起，伊凡一會瘋，一會正常，直到他1584年去世。
Some say he was either strangled or poisoned by his advisors, including his in-law the Boyar Boris Godunov.
一些人說他是被他的親信掐死或者毒死的，其中就包括他的姻親，波雅爾鮑里斯·戈杜諾夫。
Despite the damage Ivan did to Russia domestically, his conquests had made Russia into a true empire.
盡管伊凡對俄國國內造成了傷害，他對外征戰卻使俄羅斯成為一個真正的帝國。
The Tatars of Kazan and Astrakhan were not forced to adopt the Russian language, not forced to convert to Russian Orthodoxy.
沒有強迫喀山汗國和阿斯特罕汗國使用俄語，沒有強迫他們信仰俄羅斯東正教。
Not even forced to dress and speak like Russians.
甚至沒有強迫他們要向俄國人一樣穿衣說話，
Their lands were not taken away and awarded to Russians.
他們的土地沒有被奪走和獎勵給俄羅斯人。
In fact, Tatar nobles intermarried with the Russians as if nothing much had happened.
事實上韃靼貴族可以和俄羅斯人通婚，好像什么都沒發生一樣。
At the tail end of Ivan's reign, enterprising Kazaks also began to explore Siberia.
在伊凡統治的末期，有魄力的哈薩克人開始探索西伯利亞。
The Russian Empire would be multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and would have multiple acceptable religions.
俄羅斯帝國是多民族的、多語言的、擁有多個宗教的國家。
Compared to the attitudes of contemporary western conquerors like Cortes or Pizarro,
與同時代的西方征服者，比如科爾特斯和皮薩羅相比，
Ivan the Terrible was an amazingly humane empire builder.
伊凡雷帝是一個相當人性化的帝國建造者。
Back, after this cough drop!
一會回來！
Segment 17d: Time of Troubles.
17節d：混亂時期。
To this day, Russians still aren't totally sure what to think about Ivan the Terrible.
到今天為止俄羅斯人仍然不確定要怎么評價伊凡雷帝。
