Anna Vasilchikova

{{Short description|Tsaritsa of Russia 1575–1576/77}}

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| succession = Tsaritsa of All Russia

| predecessor = Anna Koltovskaya

| successor = Vasilisa Melentyeva

| reign = 1575–1576/77

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| spouse = Ivan IV of Russia

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| house = Rurik

| house-type = Dynasty

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| death_date = c. 1576/77

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Anna Vasilchikova (Анна Васильчикова) was Tsaritsa of the Tsardom of Russia and was the fifth spouse of Ivan the Terrible (Иван Грозный).{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=Russell E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vf7-DwAAQBAJ&dq=Anna+Vasilchikova&pg=PA163 |title=A Bride for the Tsar: Bride-Shows and Marriage Politics in Early Modern Russia |date=2012-06-15 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-1-5017-5665-8 |language=en}}

Very little is known of her background. She married Ivan in January 1575 without the blessing of the Ecclesiastical Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. She was repudiated by her husband and made a nun in a monastery.{{Cite book |last=Pushkareva |first=Natalia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yrYYDQAAQBAJ&dq=Anna+Vasilchikova&pg=PT318 |title=Women in Russian History: From the Tenth to the Twentieth Century |date=2016-09-16 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-48043-5 |language=en}} The date of her death is uncertain, having been variously described as occurring in 1576–77.{{Cite book |last=Madariaga |first=Isabel de |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xe965KmqqcYC&dq=Anna+Vasilchikova&pg=PT388 |title=Ivan the Terrible |date=2006-09-25 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-14376-8 |language=en}}