Ivan III of Russia
1440 AD - 1505 AD
AKA the Great
- Grand Prince of Moscow 1462 – 1505
- tripled the territory of his state
- ended dominance of the Mongols/Tatars over Russia
- renovated the Moscow Kremlin
- introduced a new legal codex
- laid the foundations of the Russian state
His 1480 victory over the Great Horde is cited as the restoration of Russian independence 240 years after the fall of Kiev to Mongol invasion
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1452 AD -
06/01/1472 AD - Issue
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02/15/1458 AD
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03/25/1479 AD -
1480 AD
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08/05/1490 AD
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