Novgorod Republic
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The Novgorod Republic, formally known as Lord Novgorod the Great, was a city-state that existed from the 12th to 15th centuries in northwestern Russia, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the west
Battle of the Novgorodians with the Suzdalians in 1170, fragment of a 1460 icon
Martha the Mayoress at the Destruction of the Novgorod Veche, painting by Klavdiy Lebedev, 1889
The removal of the veche bell from Novgorod, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible, 16th century
A fragment of the icon Praying Novgorodians depicting the Kuzmin boyars, 1467
Grand Principality of Moscow
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The Grand Principality of Moscow, before 1389 the Principality of Moscow, also known by the exonym Muscovy, was a late medieval Russian monarchy. Its capital was the city of Moscow. Originally establi
Novgorod Republic
…throne remained in the hands of the grand princes of Vladimir, a title that, by the 14th century, had been inherited by the prince of Moscow. As Moscow grew in power in the 15th century, Novgorod began to lose its autonomy. In a 1471 peace treaty with Moscow following the Battle of Shelon, Novgorod…
The Moscow Kremlin under Ivan Kalita, painting by Apollinary Vasnetsov, 1921
Ivan I and Simeon, frescoes of the Archangel Cathedral, 1652–1666
Dmitry Donskoy in the Battle of Kulikovo, painting by Adolphe Yvon, 1849
Sergius of Radonezh blessing Alexander Peresvet before the Battle of Kulikovo, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible