Noun
grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505)
Source: WordNetEvents Births * January 22 Ivan III of Russia (d. Source: Internet
Ivan III ("the Great") finally threw off the control of the Golden Horde and consolidated the whole of Central and Northern Rus' under Moscow's dominion, He was also the first to take the title "Grand Duke of all the Russias". Source: Internet
In 1485 Ivan III commissioned the building of a royal Terem Palace within the Kremlin, with Aloisio da Milano being the architect of the first three floors. Source: Internet
What's more, the man who achieved the unification of Muscovy, Ivan III was characterized by Herberstein as a cruel tyrant, drunk, and a misogynist; far from being a ruler of great fairness and equity. Source: Internet
However, Fennell, the leading British specialist on Ivan III, argues that his reign was also "a period of cultural depression and spiritual barrenness. Source: Internet
Ivan III of Russia closed the Hanseatic Kontor at Novgorod in 1494. Source: Internet