Ivan IV, called Ivan the Terrible,
A) wished to conform Tsarist autocracy by attacking the authority of boyars.
B) abandoned the principles of territorial expansion in favor of centralizing power at home.
C) allied himself with the Russian aristocracy in a policy of political decentralization.
D) was responsible for the incorporation of Poland into the Russian empire.
Answer: A) wished to conform Tsarist autocracy by attacking the authority of boyars.
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