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Eudoxia Dmitriyevna. Religion. Russian Orthodox. Vasily I Dmitriyevich ( Russian: Василий I Дмитриевич; 30 December 1371 – 27 February 1425) was Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow from 1389. [1] [2] He was the heir of Dmitry Donskoy, who reigned from 1359 to 1389.
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Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович...
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Down: On the Volga river in Tver, St Catherine Church on the...
- Dmitry Donskoy
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 ...
Alexander fled to Lithuania, but his brothers, Constantine and Vasily, tried to restore the principality. Although Tver suffered from civil war during Vasily’s reign (1346–67), it was strong enough by 1368, under Michael II, son of Alexander, to join Lithuania and challenge Moscow’s dominant position. Dmitry Donskoy decisively defeated ...
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Ivan III and the End of the Golden Horde. Ivan III Vasilyevich, also known as Ivan the Great, was born in Moscow in 1440 and became Grand Prince of Moscow in 1462. He ruled from this seat of power until his death in 1505. He came into power when Moscow had many economic and cultural advantages in the norther provinces.
The Grand Duchy of Moscow was a Rus' principality of the Late Middle Ages centered on Moscow, and the predecessor state of the Tsardom of Russia in the early modern period. It was ruled by the Rurik dynasty, who had ruled Rus' since the foundation of Novgorod in 862. Ivan III the Great titled himself as Sovereign and Grand Duke of All Rus'.
Jan 14, 2024 · Reign of Vasily I of Moscow. Moscow, Russia. 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 ...
