Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of Ivan the Terrible's donations to monasteries. The paper undertakes an assessment of the volume of donations to 10 monasteries in order to establish the dynamics and peculiarities of the tsar's patronage activities. It is revealed that Ivan the Terrible gave very large amounts of donations to the Trinity-Sergiev, Kirillo-Belozersky and Joseph-Volokolamsky monasteries (tens of thousands of rubles each), but donated less to other monasteries. The amounts of donations show that Ivan the Terrible adhered to a certain hierarchy of monasteries and gave different amounts of donations for the commemoration of divers members of his family. The number and volume of donations increased throughout Ivan the Terrible's reign, but the death of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich caused a rapid growth of donations for the soul of the heir to the throne himself and for the souls of the disgraced executed by Ivan the Terrible.
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