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Vasily I visiting his father-in-law, Vytautas the Great. While still a young man, Vasily, who was the eldest son of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy (ruled Moscow 1359–89), travelled to the Tatar khan Tokhtamysh (1383) to obtain the Khan's yarlik (patent) for his father for the title of grand prince of Vladimir. Diplomatically overcoming the ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Vasily I (born 1371—died February 1425, Moscow) was the grand prince of Moscow from 1389 to 1425. While still a youth, Vasily, who was the eldest son of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy (ruled Moscow 1359–89), travelled to the Tatar khan Tokhtamysh (1383) to obtain the Khan’s patent for his father to rule the Russian lands as the grand prince ...
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The Principality of Moscow [4] [5] or Grand Duchy of Moscow [6] [7] ( Russian: Великое княжество Московское, romanized : Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye ), also known simply as Muscovy (from the Latin Moscovia ), [8] [5] was a principality of the Late Middle Ages centered on Moscow. It eventually evolved into the ...
Vasily I Dmitriyevich ( Russian: Василий I Дмитриевич; 30 December 1371 – 27 February 1425) was Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow from 1389. He was the heir of Dmitry Donskoy, who reigned from 1359 to 1389. Vasily I. Vasily I and Sophia of Lithuania on the Large Sakkos of Photius, 1410s. Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow.
Jan 14, 2024 · Vasily I Dmitriyevich was the Grand Prince of Moscow, heir of Dmitry Donskoy. He ruled as a Golden Horde vassal between 1389 and 1395, and again in 1412–1425. The raid on the Volgan regions in 1395 by the Turco-Mongol Emir Timur resulted in a state of anarchy for the Golden Horde and the independence of Moscow. In 1412, Vasily reinstated ...
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Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy [a] ( Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й; 12 October 1350 – 19 May 1389) was Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 until his death. He was the heir of Ivan II . He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol authority in Russia.
Golden Horde. Grand Principality of Moscow. Battle of the Ugra, (1480), bloodless confrontation between the armies of Muscovy and the Golden Horde, traditionally marking the end of the “Mongol yoke” in Russia. By 1480 the Golden Horde had lost control of large portions of its empire; Ivan III of Moscow had stopped paying tribute to the ...
