| A boyar envoy departed for Aleksandrova Sloboda to beg Ivan to return to the throne. |
| He demanded that he should be able to execute and confiscate the estates of traitors without interference from the boyar council or church. |
| The origin of the name of the city is tied to the name of an ancient Moldavian boyar family, named Hincul, owners of large domains in these parts. |
| But large landowners, the boyar aristocracy, retained 60 per cent of the land while 30 per cent of the peasants' plots were under two hectares in size. |
| The boyar court was unable to rule in Ivan's absence and feared the wrath of the Muscovite citizenry. |
| The regency then alternated between several feuding boyar families fighting for control. |
