CHRONOLOGY - Russia: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present - page 398

1477
Moscow again attacks Novgorod and annexes it;
introduction of conditional land tenure, known
as pomeste.

1505-1509
Cathedral of Archangel (Arkhangelsk) Michael
built in Moscow Kremlin by Alevisio Nuovi of
Milan.

1480
After Battle of Ugra, Ivan III declares formal inde-
pendence of Moscow from Mongol control.

1505-1533
Reign of Vasilii III as grand prince of Moscow.

1510
Moscow annexes city-state of Pskov, followed by
mass deportations of local population.

1484-1489
Muscovite massacres in Novgorod and inland
deportation of its leading citizens.

1512-1522
War with Lithuania.

1485
Moscow annexes Tver.

1514
Moscow conquers Smolensk.
First Russian-language books printed in Prague.

1485-1516
Building of the new Kremlin in Moscow.

1488
Uprising in Novgorod.

1521
Vasili III deposes Metropolitan Varlaam.
Moscow annexes Ryazan, last independent prin-
cipality in central Russia.
Crimean forces reach Moscow.

1489
Moscow annexes Viatka.

1493
Ivan III adopts title of “Sovereign of All Russia.”

1524
Novodevichi Convent founded by Vasili III in
Moscow.

1494
Hanseatic League closes depot in Novgorod.
Treaty with Lithuania recognizes Moscovite ter-
ritorial claims.

1525
Metropolitan Daniil authorizes Vasili's divorce.
Maxim the Greek found guilty of heresy.

1497
Ivan III issues Sudebnik (Code of Laws), which
contains first substantial limitation on peasant
movement, a precursor of serfdom.

1533
Ivan IV inherits throne at age of three as grand
prince of Moscow.

1533-1538
Regency of Ivan's mother, Elena Glinskaia 1500-1503

War with Lithuania. Muscovy conquers Lithua-
nian “Severian principalities” and Chernigov.

1533-1584
Reign of Ivan IV (“Grozny,” or “the Terrible”).

1503
Church Council condemns the heresy of Judaiz-
ers and rejects Nil Sorsky's appeal for volun-
tary renunciation of ecclesiastical properties.

1535
Edicts against further monastic acquisitions of
land.