Litwin
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lets compere Pizzaro with Ivan the terrible famous 16c. general Malyuta Skuratov . what we see herePizzaro had help from other natives as allies because the other natives hated their stronger native overlords .
Malyuta Skuratov rose to prominence in 1569 by taking part in the trial and execution of Vladimir of Staritsa, Ivan IV's only cousin and a possible claimant to the throne[2] . In December 1569, Malyuta Skuratov strangled a former Metropolitan of Moscow, Philip II, by the order of Ivan the Terrible, for his criticism of the Oprichnina.[3]
In January 1571, Skuratov led a punitive expedition against Novgorod, killing thousands of its citizens on suspicion of treason. In 1571, "
Malyuta Skuratov - Wikipedia