Which of the following best explains why Ivan IV created the oprichnina during his reign?(1 point)

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Which of the following best explains why Ivan IV created the oprichnina during his reign?(1 point)

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Ivan IV had been overthrown by the boyars and was trying to regain his power .
Ivan IV had been overthrown by the boyars and was trying to regain his power .

Ivan was not popular in cities like Novgorod where people rose up against his rule.
Ivan was not popular in cities like Novgorod where people rose up against his rule.

Ivan IV was struggling against the boyars and wanted to limit their power .
Ivan IV was struggling against the boyars and wanted to limit their power .

Ivan no longer had a good relationship with the Russian Orthodox Christian Church and wanted to destroy it.

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The statement that best explains why Ivan IV created the oprichnina during his reign is:

Ivan IV was struggling against the boyars and wanted to limit their power.

The oprichnina was a policy enacted by Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) in the 1560s that involved a separate territory and a state within a state to counteract the influence of the boyar class, whom he viewed as a threat to his authority.