HIST 10800 Lecture 21: Prince from 1328
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Known as ivan moneybags because he was the tax collector. Served the ms so well that they gave him the title of great prince . 1328: head of russian orthodox church settled in moscow. Ivan and his successors gradually enlarged their kingdom by purchase, way, trickery, and clever marriages. They plotted to win control of the small states that encircled moscow: 1400"s: mo had become the strongest of russian states under the ms. The prince of moscow became czar: russian state became a true empire during the reign of ivan iii (1462-1505) 1472- married the niece of the last byzantine emperor. At the time, he began calling himself czar, the russian word for caesar or emperor: 1480: moscow freed itself from mongol yoke. Mongols originally wanted to fight moscow at the ugra river. However, because both sides were on opposite banks, and the neither wanted to cross the river, both marched back home.
