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Ivan III

noun
1.
Grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505).  Synonyms: Ivan III Vasilievich, Ivan the Great.





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... before, Zoe, the daughter of his brother Thomas, had married Ivan III of Russia. In this way did the grand-dukes of Moscow fall heir to the traditions of Constantinople. The double-eagle of old Byzantium (reminiscent of the days when Rome had been divided into an eastern and a western ...
— The Story of Mankind • Hendrik van Loon
... Ivan III., great-grandson of Dmitri Donskoi, ascended the throne in 1462, nearly two centuries and a half after the Tartar invasion. During all that period Russia had been the vassal of the khans. Only now was its freedom to come. It was by craft, more ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris


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