in the northeast. Once he had achieved his heavyweight military, Ivan crushed the Tartars, and this began Russia’s expansion into Siberia. Ivan also founded the standing army which was called the streltsy. ii. Economy In the year 1553, the Moscow Print Yard was established by order of Ivan the Terrible and this introduced Russia to the printing press. iii. Politics To create what was known as the Sudebnik of 1550, Ivan the Terrible had to revise the law code of Russia. He also established the Zemsky