Why do you write to me? You are a traitor and a runaway, and I am a sovereign ruler.

First Tsar of Russia

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Context

From his first letter to Prince Andrei Kurbsky, expressing his anger and asserting his divine right.

Date / Period

c. 1564

Category

Shocking

Source

https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/ivan1.asp

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