Republic of Novgorod The Decline of Novgorod






The Rise of Muscovy, 14th and 15th Century



In 1276, Daniel, the son of Alexander Nevsky, was appointed Prince of Moscow. From 1340 on, the Principality of Moscow expanded, annecting VLADIMIR, KOSTROMA, Galich, Beloozero. When Moscovite Prince Dmitry Donskoy in 1380 refused to pay the raised taxes as demanded by the Tatars, Moscow was the dominant principality in northeastern Russia. The Moscovite forces defeated the Tatars in the BATTLE OF KULIKOVO (1380), thus establishing the independence of MUSCOVY.
Moscow continued to expand, controlling the Northeastern third of Russia by 1462. The ancient REPUBLIC OF NOVGOROD was annexed in 1478, and by 1533 all of old Kievan Rus except the regions conquered by Lithuania was subject to the Grand Princes (since 1462) of Muscovy. Historians call this policy of unification COLLECTION OF RUSSIAN SOIL.


Muscovite Princes and Grand Princes, 1276-1505
1276-1303
1303-1325
1325-1341
1341-1353
1353-1359
1359-1362
1359-1389
1389-1425
1425-1462
1462-1505 		Daniel
Yury
Ivan I. Kalita
Simeon
Ivan II.
Dmitry
Dmitry Donskoy
Vassily I.
Vassily II.
Ivan III., Grand Prince since 1462




EXTERNAL
FILES 		Novgorod the Great Homepage
Early Coinage of Moscow, from Chicago Coin Club, essay by Gerard Anaszewicz, illustrated
Battle of Kulikovo, 1380, from Dictionary of Battles
DOCUMENTS
REFERENCE The Rise of Muscovy, in : John Channon and Robert Hudson, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia, London : Penguin 1995, pp.36-37


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