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1408
Principality of Moscow devastated by the Golden
Horde.
1453
Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople; end of
Byzantine Empire.
1425-1448
War of succession for Moscow's throne between
Vasili II, son of Vasili I, and his uncle, Prince Igor,
whose cause was later defended by his sons
Vasili the Squint-eyed and Dimitrii Shemiaka.
1458
Kievan metropolitan assumes independence from
Moscow.
1459
Formation of the Astrakhan Khanate.
1425-1462
Reign of Vasili II, the Blind
1462-1505
Reign of Ivan III the Great.
1427
Beginning of disintegration of Golden Horde and
formation of the Crimean Khanate.
1463
Moscow annexes the principality of Yaroslavl.
1436
Founding of Solovetsky Monastery.
1463-1468
First limitations upon freedom of peasant move-
ment.
1437
Formation of the Kazan Khanate.
1470
The “Judaizer” heresy spreads throughout Nov-
gorod.
1437-1439
Council of Florence attempts to reunite Eastern
and Western Churches. Russian hierarchy
rejects attempt.
1471
Moscow attacks Novgorod and defeats its armies.
1441
Metropolitan Isidore deposed in Moscow for
acceptance of Council of Florence.
1472
Moscow annexes the principality of Perm.
Ivan III marries Zoe (Sophia) Paleologos, niece
of last Byzantine emperor.
1447
Renewed union of Poland and Lithuania.
1474
Moscow annexes Rostov.
1448
Church of Moscow declared autocephalous;
Council of Russian bishops chooses Bishop
Iona of Ryazan as metropolitan, without
approval of Constantinople.
1475-1479
Building of the Uspensky Sobor (Cathedral of
Assumption) in the Moscow Kremlin by Fier-
avanti.
1452
Mongol prince of Kasimov places himself under
Muscovite authority; first Mongol ruler to
accept Russian suzerainty.
1476
Ambrosio Contarini, first Westerner to visit and
write about Moscow.
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