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The Grand Duchy of Moscow, Muscovite Russia, Muscovite Rus' or Grand Principality of Moscow (Russian: Великое княжество Московское, romanized: Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye; also known in English simply as Muscovy from the Latin Moscovia) was a Rus' principality of the Late Middle Ages … See more
The English names Moscow and Muscovy, for the city, the principality, and the river, descend from post-classical Latin Moscovia, Muscovia (compare Russian Moskoviya, "principality of Moscow"), and ultimately from the See more
The court of the Moscow princes combined ceremonies and customs inherited from Kievan Rus' with those imported from the See more
When the Mongols invaded the lands of Kievan Rus' in the 13th century, Moscow was an insignificant trading outpost in the principality See more
Ivan's successors continued gathering the lands of Rus' to increase the population and wealth under their rule. In the process, their interests … See more
Outward expansion of the Grand Duchy in the 14th and 15th centuries was accompanied by internal consolidation. By the 15th century, the rulers of Moscow considered the … See more
Relations between the Moscow principality and the Horde were mixed. In the first two decades of the 13th century Moscow gained the support of one of the rivaling Mongol statesmen, See more
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