Tsardom of Russia
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The Tsardom of Russia, also known as the Tsardom of Moscow, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by
Ivory throne of Ivan IV of Russia
Ivan the Great Bell Tower, raised to the present height during the reign of Boris Godunov
Mounted archers of Muscovy
The Apostle (1564) by Ivan Fyodorov and Pyotr Mstislavets, one of the first Russian printed books
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
Tsardom of Russia
…Northern War, he implemented substantial reforms and proclaimed the Russian Empire after victory over Sweden in 1721. While the oldest endonyms of the Grand Principality of Moscow used in its documents were "Rus'" (Русь) and the "Russian land" (Русская земля, Russkaya zemlya), a new form of its name in Russian became common by…
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