Why do the Talmudic Jews fear Orthodox Christian monarchy. During the reign of Ivan IV (named ‘the Terrible’ by historians) the entry of Jewish merchants into #Russia was completely prohibited. In 1550, when the Catholic Polish king Sigismund Augustus ‘demanded’ that Talmudic Jews be allowed free entry into Russia, Tsar Ivan refused with the following words: "In my state, Jews are not allowed to travel, because in my state, we do not wish to see any evil