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Originally Posted by MysticCat
(LOL that The Wiki actually does say that "Ivan the Awesome" might be a better translation of Ivan Grozny.)
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I'm a Russian Studies major so please excuse my unsolicited lecture on this - but yes (!) "awesome" is a much better translation than "terrible." The word means terrible in a "mighty" "fearsome" "awe-inspiring" way. The negative connotation was given by tree-huggers who are critical of his, shall we say, aggressive political methods. It just goes to show you how differently Russians view their political leader that they would call this guy awesome.
End hijack.
Anyway, my mom highly recommends the movie, lol.
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