Grand Duchy of Moscow

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former country medieval state principality vassal state

The Grand Duchy of Moscow was a late medieval Russian principality that expanded from a small Muscovite domain into the core of a centralized Russian state, eventually forming the basis of the Tsardom of Russia.

Aliases (3)

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former country → medieval state → principality → vassal state →
borderedBy	Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED → Grand Duchy of Tver → Novgorod Republic → Ryazan Principality → Tver Principality →
capital	Moscow →
capitalCity	Moscow Kremlin →
capitalOf	Muscovy →
commonName	Muscovy →
conflict	Great Northern War with Novgorod (internal Russian conflicts) → Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars →
continent	Europe →
coreOf	centralized Russian state →
country	Russia →
currency	ruble →
dynasty	Rurik dynasty →
endTime	1547 →
era	Late Middle Ages → early modern period (transition) →
event	Battle of Kulikovo → Great Stand on the Ugra River → annexation of Novgorod → annexation of Ryazan → annexation of Tver →
formedBasisOf	Tsardom of Russia →
foundedBy	Daniel of Moscow →
governmentType	hereditary monarchy → monarchy →
historicalRegion	Rus' →
language	Church Slavonic → Old Russian →
legalSystem	Russkaya Pravda (influenced) →
locatedIn	East European Plain → Eastern Europe →
nativeName	Великое княжество Московское →
partOf	Golden Horde →
predecessor	Principality of Moscow → Vladimir-Suzdal →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy → Russian Orthodox Church →
ruler	Daniel of Moscow → Dmitry Donskoy → Ivan I of Moscow → Ivan III of Russia → Ivan IV of Russia → Vasili I of Moscow → Vasili II of Moscow → Vasili III of Russia →
startTime	c. 1283 → late 13th century →
successor	Russian Empire → Tsardom of Russia →
symbol	Saint George and the Dragon → double-headed eagle →
tributaryTo	Golden Horde →
usedTitle	Grand Prince of Moscow → Grand Prince of Vladimir →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Muscovy → Muscovy ("Muscovite state") →	alsoKnownAs
Grand Duchy of Vladimir → Kyivan Rus →	followedBy
Novgorod Republic →	conqueredBy
Muscovy ("Russian state") →	coreOf
Ivan III of Russia →	countryOfCitizenship
Rurik dynasty →	countryRuled
Rurik →	dynastyRuled
Muscovy →	expandedInto
East Slavs →	historicalState
Russians →	historicalStateTradition
Grand Duchy of Moscow ("Великое княжество Московское") →	nativeName
Nogai Horde →	neighbor
Tsardom of Russia →	precededBy
Grand Duchy of Vladimir →	predecessorOf
Novgorod Republic →	successor
Golden Horde →	tributaryState