The Siege of Kazan: Ivan the Terrible's Mad Tactics
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Ivan Vasilyevich looks at the walls of Kazan and can't look away.
Two failed campaigns are behind him. The army turned around and went home, and the city stood as if nothing had happened.
His commanders stand silently nearby. After two failures, no more unnecessary words are spoken.
He is twenty-two years old.
Five years ago, he was the first in Russian history to be crowned tsar, equal to the emperors. The title has been pronounced. All that remains is to prove that there is more to it than just words.
If he leaves now, for the third time, the question will no longer be about Kazan, but about whether this tsar can be trusted with an army at all.