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Some historical figures'image is almost entirely monochromatic, black and white, in other words. Russians are, Ivan de terrible is one such person.
一些歷史人物的形象幾乎完全是色調單一的，或者換句話說，只有黑白色。
He is known for making momentous changes in the way Russia was ruled. Primarily by monopolizing political power in his own hands, and setting up a molecular structure of ministration.
俄國沙皇伊凡雷帝就是這樣一個人。他非常著名，因為他對俄國的統治方式做出了極重要的改革。
He also made a number of changes in the country's monetary system.
在位期間，他壟斷政權，確立了分子式的管理結構。
Once the hereditary aristockracy was marginalized, there was no one left to monitor his abuses of power.
同時，他還改革了國內的貨幣系統。當時一旦世襲貴族的地位被淡化，那就沒有人能對他濫用權力的行為進行監控了。
By all accounts, Ivan was a monster of a man, extremely hard to mollify once his anger was aroused.
據說伊凡還是一個怪物般的人，尤其是被激怒時，很少有人能使他平息憤怒。
Moreover, he was much given to morbid fascination with torture in his various forms.
而且他還有一種近乎病態的愛好，即總是喜歡用各種方式來折磨別人。
A favorite pastime of his was to have multi-medal pour down his political opponents'throats.
他最喜歡的消遣之一就是把熔化的金屬溶液倒進其政敵的喉嚨，
That practice soon ensured that there was very little vocal opposition.
因為這樣做可以保證對手無法提出抗議。
The lucky ones among his opponents was just be thrown into some dungeon or other full of mold and moisture, but barely even the molecule of eatable food.
幸運一點的對手可能會被關進滿是霉菌、充滿濕氣的地牢—但那兒幾乎連一點可吃的食物都沒有。
After Ivan had gained a monopoly on power, he did whatever he felt necessary to mould the country in his image.
壟斷了政權以后，伊凡想做就做，把國家塑造成他想象中的樣子。
Although morale among the population, most of whom led extremely monotonous lives, was at a low level.
盡管人民的精神情緒—當時很多入都過著非常單調乏味的生活—極端低落，
This mattered little to Ivan, who kept on pursuing his monumental schemes, such as opening up the vastness of Siberia to Russian settlement.
伊凡也毫不在乎，他仍堅持他那些杰出的計劃，例如號召俄國人民開墾廣闊的西伯利亞土地。
And yet today, no monument to that notorious monarch survives.
然而，這些聲名狼藉的君主的紀念碑到今天一塊都沒保存下來。
