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The Muscovite War of Succession, [1] [2] or Muscovite Civil War, [3] was a war of succession in the Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovy) from 1425 to 1453. [a] The two warring parties were Vasily II, the son of the previous Grand Prince of Moscow Vasily I, and on the other hand his uncle, Yury Dmitrievich, the Prince of Zvenigorod, and the sons of ...
- 1425 – 1453
- Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovy)
- Vasily II victory
The Principality of Tver ( Russian: Тверское княжество, romanized : Tverskoye knyazhestvo; Latin: Tferiae) [1] was a principality which existed between the 13th and the 15th centuries with its capital in Tver. It was one of the states established after the decay of the Kievan Rus'. During the 14th century, Tver rivaled the ...
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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 ...
- Vassal state of the Golden Horde, (1282–1471), Sovereign state, (1471–1547)
Jan 30, 2024 · Aleksey Kivshenko (Public Domain) Ivan III of Russia (Ivan the Great) was the Grand Prince of Moscow and Russia from 1462 to 1505. Ivan III was born in 1440 to Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow (r. 1425-1462) and his wife, Maria Borovsk (l. c. 1420-1485). He served as co-ruler for his blind father from 1450 until he became regent in 1462.
Russia. Tver, medieval principality located in the region northwest of Moscow and centring on the city of Tver and including the towns of Kashin, Mikulin, Kholm, Dorogobuzh, and Staritsa. Descendants of Prince Yaroslav Yaroslavich (brother of Alexander Nevsky and son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich) founded the principality in 1246.
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Jul 1, 2021 · July 1, 2021. City of Tver – History & Heraldry. by eduard.romanov. 0. The confrontation between Moscow and Tver lasted two hundred years. If not for the princely cruelty and cunning, the main city of Russia could be located much further north. Judging by the first mention in the annals, Tver is 12 years older than Moscow.
Apr 12, 2024 · son Ivan the Terrible. Vasily III (born 1479—died December 3, 1533, Moscow) was the grand prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. Expansion of Russia, 1300–1796. Succeeding his father, Ivan III (ruled Moscow 1462–1505), Vasily completed his father’s policy of consolidating the numerous independent Russian principalities into a united ...
