Muscovy
The Grand Principality of Moscow grew from an appanage on the Moskva River. In 1337 Ivan I Kalita collected tribute from other Rus' princes for the Golden Horde, strengthening Moscow under the khan's suzerainty.
Dmitry Donskoy defeated a Horde army at Kulikovo in 1380. Ivan III annexed Novgorod in 1478 and threw off Horde overlordship in 1480; he also employed Italian architects to rebuild the Kremlin. In 1547 Ivan IV was crowned the first Russian tsar, and Muscovy became the Tsardom of Russia.
Characters
- Andrei Ivanovich of Serpukhov
- Aigusta Anastasia of Lithuania
- Daniel of Moscow
- Elena of Smolensk
- Ivan I Kalita
- Ivan II of Moscow
- Simeon of Moscow
- Ulyana, Princess of Moscow
- Yury of Moscow