Ivan the Terrible role model

Russias first monument to Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century monarch known both for uniting the Russian state and killing family members and subjects, went up in the city of Oryol last month. The artist Vladislav Gultyaev, based in the Siberian city of Kansk, responded with an alternative memorial to the brutal ruler by embedding a stake covered in blood-red paint into the ground. He also wrote in a social media post that a nation that does not draw useful lessons from its history is compelled