The Battle of Kulikovo was fought between the forces of Mamai and Russian forces led by Grand Prince Dmitry of Moscow. The battle took place on 8 September 1380, at Kulikovo Field near the Don River and was won by Dmitry, who became known as Donskoy after the battle.
Dmitry Donskoy on the way to Kulikovo Field, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible
Dmitri captures a warrior of the Golden Horde (17th century).
Duel of Peresvet with Chelubey, painting by Viktor Vasnetsov (1914)
Dmitri Donskoy in the thick of the fray; painting by Adolphe Yvon.
The Principality of Moscow or Grand Duchy of Moscow, also known simply as Muscovy, was a principality of the Late Middle Ages centered on Moscow. It eventually evolved into the Tsardom of Russia in the early modern period. The princes of Moscow were descendants of the first prince Daniel, referred to in modern historiography as the Daniilovichi, a branch of the Rurikids.
The seal of Simeon the Proud (1340s), reads: "The seal of the Grand Duke Simeon of all Rus'".
The Moscow Kremlin under Prince Ivan Kalita in the early 14th century, depicted by 19th century painter Apollinary Vasnetsov.
Dmitry Donskoi in the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo, painting by Adolphe Yvon, 1849
Andrei Rublev's famous icon of the Trinity