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# He was physically abused, maybe even sexually abused
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/he-was-physically-abused-maybe-even-sexually-abused/
- Published: 2026-04-07T19:09:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:26:22.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: In the Press, Observations, Education, People, Humour

A Cambridge lecturer on the childhood of Ivan the Terrible.

**As the saying goes, this is as far as your education has taken you**

Fortunately, in this case the British scholar is not, after all, a professional historian, nor indeed a scholar at all, but merely gives lectures in adult continuing education.