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- noun grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505)
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In central Eurasia, the huge Russian Empire began to emerge in the 15th century under the leadership of the Grand Duke of Moscow, Ivan III (r. 14621505), who created an effective artillery and a centralized absolutism that enabled him and his successors to conquer the other Russian city-states and, by the end of the 16th century, free them from the old Mongol domination.
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The Christians under Turkish rule might have a Patri - arch, but they no longer had the leadership of a Chris - tian emperor, and as the rulers of Russia increased in power — becoming Tsars from 1480 — they saw them - selves as heirs of the Byzantine emperors, Ivan III having married the niece of the last of these in 1472.
CHRISTIANITY IN HISTORY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968
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Kazan had expelled the nephew of the Khan of the Crimea whom Ivan III had appointed, and elected a Khan hostile to Russia.
The Story of Russia R. Van Bergen
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The Throne of Ivan III. in Moscow and that of St. Peter in Rome are also magnificent monuments of this art.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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We must content ourselves with choosing two from amongst them, viz.: the ivory throne of Ivan III.
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Then Ivan III succeeded in breaking the Tartar rule forever.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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Ivan III. established the autocracy and made Moscow the centre of the new government.
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In the end of the 15th century this principality began to attach itself to the grand-duchy of Moscow; and by Ivan III. it was ultimately united to Russia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The ancient "Kazna," or treasury of the Kremlin, where the riches of the Tsars have been preserved from time immemorial was in the reign of Ivan III. situated within the walls of the Kremlin, between the Cathedrals of St. Michael and of the Annunciation.
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Ten years later, under the rule of Ivan III, Moscow informed the western world that the Slavic state laid claim to the worldly and spiritual inheritance of the lost Byzantine Empire, and such traditions of the Roman empire as had survived in Constantinople.
The Story of Mankind 1921
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