Northeast Russia in the 15th centuryVasilii II "The Blindprince's administrative apparatusThe article studies the events of the bloody internal struggle for the Moscow table of the Grand Prince in the second quarter of the 15th century. The author gives a detailed an...
Novgorod was an alternative to Moscow and an exciting alternative reminiscent of the Republic of Venice. It was a place of wealthy townspeople until it lost the war to Moscow. So that democratic alternative collapsed in the 15th century. Moscow “sucked up” the lands that did not belong ...
In the 15th century, the Golden Horde disintegrated into many khanates (Kazan, Astrakhan, Siberia, Crimea and others), which were gradually absorbed by the Russian state one after another. In total, the process of cession of Muslim territories to Russia continued until the beginning of the 20th...
In the 15th century, these lands became a part of the Grand Principality of Moscow and were first mentioned in the records as the pogost of Kizhi (enclosure of villages). Copper and iron ore deposits were found in this area giving the start for the industrial growth. Centuries later, the...
However, in the 15th century, during the rule of Ivan the Great, they had to rebuild it because its walls were falling apart. Italian architects were invited for the Kremlin's restoration, and because of this reason it is combined the best features of both Russian and Italian architecture. ...
It is believed that the Optina Hermitage was founded in the 15th century, according to one theory by a repentant robber by the name of Opt. It gained fame as a site of pilgrimage in the 19th century when it became a centre of Russian staretsdom - the practice of elders offering advice...
History: The Principality of Muscovy, established in the 12th century, gradually got rid of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and conquered surrounding principalities. 1 2 Next Mail | Share | Print | Text: A A A Multimedia Video China´s high-speed rail goes global Video Worst fl...
whose territories were populated both by Russian and by non-Russian peoples. In Russian texts, the name “Russia” was first applied to the country in the late 15th century, but until the late 17th century the country was more often referred to as Rus’, the Russian land, or the Muscovite...
the Christian world. However, its proximity to the East, its intermixing with Muslim peoples and 300 years of being under the rule of theTatar-Mongol Golden Horde(from the year 1242 until the end of the 15th century) left a significant “Asian imprint” on the mentality of the Russian ...
According to one version, in the end of the 15th century, or, by another version, in 1348 the Orthodox Church shifted the beginning of the year to September 1 in conformity with the Nicene canons. The shift was to associate with the growing importance of Christian church in the state life...