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.
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
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
Vasili III of Russia
…name: Varlaam; 25 March 1479 – 3 December 1533) was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 until his death in 1533. He was the second son of Ivan III by his second wife Sophia Paleologue. Following on the ambitions of his father, Vasili annexed Pskov and Ryazan – the last remaining autonomous Russian…
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.