Ivan III of Russia
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Ivan III Vasilyevich, also known as Ivan the Great, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 until his death in 1505. Ivan served as the co-ruler and regent for his blind father Vasily II b
Portrait in the Tsarsky titulyarnik, 1672
Ivan's destruction of the Novgorod veche, painting by Klavdy Lebedev (1889)
Variant of the Theotokos of Bogolyubovo showing Metropolitan Jonah, Vasily II and Ivan III leading the classes of society, early 16th century
Depiction of Palm Sunday procession with Ivan III and his family, including his son Vasili and grandson Dmitry, on a shroud belonging to Elena Voloshanka, c. 1498.
Vasili III of Russia
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Vasili III Ivanovich was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 until his death in 1533.
Ivan III of Russia
…of Yaroslavl in 1463, Rostov in 1474, Tver in 1485, and Vyatka 1489. Ivan also increased Moscow's dominance over Pskov, with his son and successor Vasily III formally annexing it in 1510. Prince Mikhail Andreyevich of Vereya, who had been awarded an appanage by Vasily II, was pressured in 1478 into giving…
Engraving by André Thevet, 1584
Fragment of the icon Vasili the Great and Grand Prince Vasili III, 16th century, State Historical Museum
Russia's Grand Prince Vasily III meets ambassadors of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V near Mozhaysk