Grand Duchy of Moscow
country which existed in 1263–1547
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The Grand Duchy of Moscow,[2][3] Muscovite Russia,[4] Muscovite Rus'[5] or Grand Principality of Moscow[6][7] (Russian: Великое княжество Московское, romanized: Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye; or Muscovy in English from the Latin Moscovia)[8] was a principality in Rus'. It was in the late Middle Ages in Moscow. It was before Tsardom of Russia which was made in the early modern period. It was ruled by the Rurik dynasty.
Grand Principality of Moscow Великое княжество Московское Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Banner of Dmitry Donskoy
(colored according to medieval chronicles) .png) Double-headed Eagle on the seal of Ivan III the Great
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| Capital | Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Old East Slavic | ||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Russian Orthodox (official) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Muscovite | ||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Duke | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1263–1303 | Daniel (first) | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1533–1547 | Ivan the Terrible (last) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Veche | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1263 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Coronation of Ivan IV | 16 January 1547 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1505[1] | 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | ruble, denga | ||||||||||||||||||
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References change
- ↑ Taagepera, Rein (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia" (PDF). International Studies Quarterly. 41 (3): 498. doi:10.1111/0020-8833.00053. JSTOR 2600793. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- ↑ A Short History of the USSR. Progress Publishers. 1965.
- ↑ Florinsky, Michael T. (1965). Russia: a History and an Interpretation.
- ↑ Dewey, Horace W. (1987). "Political Poruka in Muscovite Rus'". The Russian Review. 46 (2): 117–133. doi:10.2307/130622. ISSN 0036-0341. JSTOR 130622.
- ↑ Isham, Heyward; Pipes, Richard (2016-09-16). Remaking Russia: Voices from within: Voices from within. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-48307-8.
- ↑ "Moscow, Grand Principality of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago. 2012.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Perrie, Maureen, ed. (2006). The Cambridge History of Russia. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 751. ISBN 978-0-521-81227-6.
- ↑ Introduction into the Latin epigraphy (Введение в латинскую эпиграфику) Archived 2021-03-10 at the Wayback Machine.
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