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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 ...
The Grand Duchy of Moscow ( Russian: Великое княжество Московское, romanized : Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye ), [3] [4] also known as the Principality of Moscow, [5] [6] or simply Muscovy (from the Latin Moscovia ), [7] [6] was a principality of the Late Middle Ages centered on Moscow. It eventually evolved into 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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In September 1942, Zaitsev found himself in Stalingrad, in the 284th Rifle Division of Lieutenant-General Vasily Chuikov's 62nd Army. Initially, he was involved in street fighting as an ordinary ...
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Vasily II Vasilyevich [a] ( Russian: Василий II Васильевич; 10 March 1415 – 27 March 1462), nicknamed the Blind or the Dark (Тёмный), was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1425 until his death in 1462. [3] He succeeded his father, Vasily I, only to be challenged by his uncle Dmitry Shemyaka. [4] [b] During this time, Moscow ...
- 27 February 1425 – 27 March 1462, (disputed from 1425 to 1453)
- Sophia of Lithuania
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Mar 28, 2021 · Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev – sniper of the 62nd Army of the Stalingrad Front, Hero of the Soviet Union. During the Battle of Stalingrad from November 10 to December 17, 1942, he eliminated 225 soldiers and officers of the German army and their allies, including 11 snipers. Vasily Grigorievich Zaitsev was born on March 23, 1915 in the village ...
Mar 3, 2017 · In 1398 the icon was brought to Moscow by Princess Sophia, bride of Grand Prince Vasily I, son of Dmitry Donskoi. The icon remained in the Kremlin Annunciation Cathedral until 1456, when at the ...
