Moscow principality

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The Moscow principality, or Muscovy, was a medieval Russian state centered on the city of Moscow that expanded to become the core of the unified Russian state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal state
medieval Russian state
principality
absorbedEntity Novgorod Republic
Principality of Ryazan
surface form: Ryazan principality

Grand Duchy of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal
surface form: Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod principality

Principality of Tver
surface form: Tver principality
alternativeName Grand Duchy of Moscow
Muscovy
capital Moscow
continent Europe
coreOf Russian Empire
surface form: Russian Empire (territorially)

unified Russian state
country Russia
currency ruble
expandedFrom small appanage around Moscow
foreignRelation rivalry with Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Muscovite–Novgorodian War
surface form: rivalry with Novgorod Republic

vassalage to Golden Horde
foundedBy Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow
surface form: Daniel of Moscow
governmentType hereditary principality
monarchy
historicalRole formation of centralized Russian autocracy
knownFor Battle of Kulikovo
centralization of Russian lands
resistance to Mongol-Tatar rule
legalSystem Russkaya Pravda
surface form: Russkaya Pravda (influential source)
locatedInTime early modern period
late Middle Ages
notableRuler Dmitry Donskoy
Ivan I of Moscow
Ivan III of Russia
surface form: Ivan III of Moscow

Ivan IV the Terrible
surface form: Ivan IV (as Grand Prince of Moscow)

Vasili II of Moscow
officialLanguage Church Slavonic
Old Russian
partOf Golden Horde
surface form: Golden Horde (as vassal)
politicalSystem feudal hierarchy of princes and boyars
predecessor Kyivan Rus
surface form: Kievan Rus'

Vladimir-Suzdal
surface form: Vladimir-Suzdal principality
region Eastern Europe
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousCenter Moscow Kremlin
religiousInstitution Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Metropolitanate of Moscow
rulingDynasty Rurik dynasty
successor Russia
surface form: Russian state

Tsardom of Russia
symbol Saint George and the Dragon
surface form: Saint George slaying the dragon

double-headed eagle (late period)

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Muscovy alsoKnownAs Moscow principality
Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow nobleFamily Moscow principality
this entity surface form: House of Moscow
Ivan I of Moscow nobleFamily Moscow principality
this entity surface form: House of Moscow
Grand Prince of Russia sovereignOf Moscow principality
this entity surface form: Russian principalities
Prince of Novgorod significantEvent Moscow principality
this entity surface form: Muscovite annexation of Novgorod (1478)