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Did “Ivan the Terrible” have a secret library?

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Ivan the Terrible was also a book collector, and could have added more manuscripts to his grandfather's library. ... his reign), Alexandrov (the capital of Ivan's fiefdom), and the village of Dyakovo near Kolomenskoya (where a secret door leading underground was found in the Church of St. John the Baptist). read more

He says no. He doesn't have a secret library. He's a dog and doesn't read. He does, however, have a secret stash of bones. But he is refusing to give up the location of that secret. Oh, wait. You meant the Russian ruler, Ivan the Terrible. I'm not sure, but if it ever did exist, I would guess it would be in Russia somewhere. read more

It is believed that Ivan’s library held documents written in Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Egyptian (these would probably have been the documents from the Library of Constantinople and the Library of Alexandria), Chinese texts from the 2 nd century, and documents from Ivan the Terrible’s own era. read more

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