But when Tsar Ivan realized that his son was almost dead, he started kissing him and trying to stop the bleeding, crying, 'May I be damned! I've killed my son! I've killed my son!'. The Tsar decided that his son's pregnant wife was too immodestly dressed (or something), and the younger Ivan jumped in to defend her in a fit of rage, the Tsar proceeded to beat down on his son with his scepter. The main page image was originally that of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible holding the body of his son, the Tsarevich (heir apparent) Ivan.