Muscovy

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Muscovy was a late medieval and early modern Russian principality centered on Moscow that expanded to form the core of the Russian state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian principality
early modern state
historical state
medieval state
principality
administrativeReform creation of prikazy (central offices)
alsoKnownAs Grand Duchy of Moscow
Moscow principality
Grand Duchy of Moscow
surface form: Muscovite state
annexed Novgorod Republic
Principality of Ryazan
Principality of Tver
Principality of Yaroslavl
Pskov, Russia
surface form: Pskov

Vladimir-Suzdal
surface form: Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod
capital Moscow
conflictWith Crimean Khanate
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Kazan Khanate
Kingdom of Poland
Livonian Order
Sweden
continent Europe
coreOf Russian Empire
Grand Duchy of Moscow
surface form: Russian state

Tsardom of Russia
country Russia
culturalCenter Moscow Kremlin
currency denga
kopeck
endedVassalageTo Golden Horde
era Early modern period
Late Middle Ages
ethnicMajority Russians
expandedInto Grand Duchy of Moscow
foreignPolicy expansion eastward
expansion northward
expansion southward
expansion westward
governmentType hereditary monarchy
monarchy
keyBattle Battle of Kulikovo
Battle of Orsha (1514)
Battle of Shelon
language Church Slavonic
Old Russian
laterTitleOfRuler Tsar of Russia
surface form: Tsar of All Rus'
legalCode Sudebnik of 1497
Sudebnik of 1497
surface form: Sudebnik of 1550
locatedIn East Slavs
surface form: East Slavic world

Eastern Europe
militaryClass service nobility
militaryInstitution Streltsy
surface form: streltsy
namedAfter Moscow
nobilityClass boyars
notableEvent standing on the Ugra River (1480)
notableRuler Dmitry Donskoy
Ivan I of Moscow
Ivan III of Russia
Ivan IV the Terrible
surface form: Ivan IV of Russia

Vasili III of Russia
partOf Golden Horde
surface form: Golden Horde (as vassal)
politicalSystem autocracy
predecessor Kyivan Rus
surface form: Kievan Rus'

Vladimir-Suzdal
surface form: Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal

Vladimir-Suzdal
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousInstitution Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Moscow Patriarchate
rulingDynasty Rurik dynasty
rulingHouse Rurik dynasty
surface form: House of Rurik
significantEvent gathering of Russian lands
rise after Mongol invasion of Rus'
struggle with Novgorod
struggle with Tver
socialStructure serfdom
startPoint late 13th century
successor Russian Empire
Tsardom of Russia
symbol double-headed eagle
titleOfRuler Grand Prince of Moscow
tributaryTo Golden Horde

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