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- Vasily took part in 29 combat missions, and it is said to have shot down two enemy aircraft. As the son of the Soviet leader, Vasily was hated by most of his colleagues, who felt he was an informant for his father. In the spring of 1942 he was sent back to Moscow, and given the role of inspecting the condition of the air force.
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Vasily II Vasilyevich (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.
Vasily II (born 1415—died March 27, 1462, Moscow) was the grand prince of Moscow from 1425 to 1462. Although the 10-year-old Vasily II was named by his father Vasily I (ruled Moscow 1389–1425) to succeed him as the grand prince of Moscow and of Vladimir , Vasily’s rule was challenged by his uncle Yury and his cousins Vasily the Squint ...
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He mainly stayed in Moscow for the rest of the war. Bored by his new role, Vasily found himself in trouble after the 4th of April 1943 incident where he had explosives dropped into the Moskva River, injuring himself and killing a flight engineer.
The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II, between September 1941 and January 1942.
- Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
May 7, 2022 · Vasily Vasiliyevich, also known as Vasily II the Blind, was the Grand Prince of Moscow whose long reign (1425–1462) was plagued by the greatest civil war of Old Russian history. At one point, Vasily was captured and blinded by his opponents, yet eventually managed to reclaim the throne.
1425-1462 Grand Prince of Moscow. Vasily II’s reign was overshadowed by the greatest civil war of the era. That also cost him his eyesight. Notably, he declared the independence of the Russian Orthodox Church from Constantinople. His nickname was “ The Blind ”.
Vasily II Vasilyevich ( Russian: Василий II Васильевич, also transcribed as Vasili or Vasilii; 10 March 1415 – 27 March 1462), also known as Vasily the Blind or Vasily the Dark (Василий Тёмный), was a Grand Prince of Moscow in the 15th century.
