CHAPTER XII.
IVAN IV .-- HIS MINORITY.
From 1533 to 1546.
Vassili At the Chase .-- Attention To Distinguished Foreigners .-- The Autocracy .-- Splendor of the Edifices .-- Slavery .-- Aristocracy .-- Infancy of Ivan IV .-- Regency of Helene .-- Conspiracies and Tumults .-- War with Sigismond of Poland .-- Death of Helene .-- Struggles of the Nobles .-- Appalling Sufferings of Dmitri .-- Incursion of the Tartars .-- Successful Conspiracy .-- Ivan IV.

At the Chase .-- Coronation of Ivan IV..