Ruler · High and Late Middle Ages · Russia

Ivan III

1440–1505

Grand prince of Moscow from 1462 to 1505, born in 1440, who made Russia an independent power. He ended two centuries of Mongol overlordship by refusing tribute in 1480, annexed Novgorod and other principalities, and took the title sovereign of all Russia. The double headed eagle became Russia's emblem under him.

Facts

Born: 1440, Moscow.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ivan III
Died: 1505, Moscow.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ivan III
Reign: 1462 to 1505.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ivan III
Realm: Muscovy, grown into a united Russian state.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ivan III
Known for: The end of the Mongol yoke (1480) and the annexation of Novgorod (1478).; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ivan III

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Ivan III, from a 16th century manuscript (Wikimedia Commons)

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