BAL266338 The Oprichnina at the Court of Ivan IV (1530-84) by Nevrev, Nikolai Vasilievich (1830-1904); 104x152 cm; State Art Gallery of Kirgiz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; (add.info.: Ivan Vasilyevich \'the Terrible\'; Oprichnina was a section of Russia ruled directly by the tsar; a state policy implemented by Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Russia between 1565 and 1572. The policy included institution of secret police, mass repressions, public executions, and confiscation of land from Russian aristocrats. The six thousand political police were called oprichniki); Russian, out of copyright.