Empire1283 – 1547 · 264 years
Grand Duchy of Moscow
Overview
The Grand Principality of Moscow, before 1389 the Principality of Moscow, also known by the exonym Muscovy, was a late medieval Russian monarchy. Its capital was the city of Moscow. Originally established as an appanage principality in the 13th century, Moscow became the leading Russian principality and was transformed into a centralized Russian state in the late 15th century.
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Borders & accuracy
Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.
- SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
- DETAILhistorical-basemaps (Ourednik)
- SNAPSHOT1492
- POLITY TYPEstate
Wars of this empire21
Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.
- Russian-Polish Conflicts1500–1795Major conflict · 1.0M dead
- Decline of the Teutonic Order1409–1525Significant · 200K dead
- Rus'–Golden Horde wars1362–1480Significant
- Russo-Kazan Wars1437–1552Significant
- Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars1487–1537Significant
- Muscovite-Novgorod Wars1471–1570Regional · 50K dead
- Battle of Vozha1378Regional
- Regional
- Battle of Moscow1382Regional
- Battle of Suzdal1445Regional
- Regional
- Battle of Shelon1471Regional
- Regional
- Battle of Ugra1480Regional
- Battle of Kazan1487Regional
- Regional
- Battle of Helmed1501Regional
- Regional
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- Regional
- Battle of Orsha1514Regional
Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1283 and fits the map to these borders.
Cite as: Grand Duchy of Moscow (1283 – 1547). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/grand-duchy-moscow · Sources & methodology