评论
打印
Although Vasily the Third ruled for 28 years, he left behind only one heir,
尽管瓦西里三世统治长达28年之久，他只留有一位继承人，
a three year old son Ivan Vasilyevich who became famous as Ivan the Terrible.
三岁的儿子伊凡·瓦西里耶维奇——也就是后来著名的伊凡雷帝。
Segment 17c: Ivan the Terrible.
17节C 伊凡雷帝。
Grand Prince Vasily the Third, son of Ivan the Great, died in 1533.
大公瓦西里三世伊凡大帝的儿子死于1533年，
Vasily's widow, Yelena Glinskaya, served as Regent for their three year old son, Grand Prince Ivan the Fourth.
瓦西里的遗孀叶莲娜·格林斯卡娅给他们三岁的儿子，大公伊凡四世，担任摄政王
A strong personality by all accounts, Yelena was an active Regent,
据各种流传的说法，性格强悍的叶莲娜是一个活跃的摄政王
but he gender and her Serbian-Lithuanian descent offended the Boyar families.
但是她的性别和西伯利亚-立陶宛的血统触犯了波雅尔家族。
The Boyars had suffered under the autocratic rule of Ivan the Third and Vasily the Third.
波雅尔人饱受伊凡三世和瓦西里三世的专制统治之苦。
So, the powerful Shuisky family led the Boyars in making life miserable for Yelena and her little family,
因此，强大的舒伊斯基家族带领波雅尔人使叶莲娜和她的小家庭生活悲惨，
including apparently poisoning Yelena in 1538.
甚至1538年毒死叶莲娜。
The Shuisky would likely have killed young Ivan the Fourth also,
叔伊斯基本来要杀死年幼的伊凡四世，
but they couldn't bring themselves to harm the descendant, supposedly, of Rurik.
但是他们不能伤害留里克的这支血脉。
So instead they started killing off young Ivan's family friends, including one poor soul who was skinned alive in a Moscow square.
于是他们开始杀戮伊凡的家人和朋友，其中一个可怜的人在莫斯科广场上被活剥了皮。
