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14th-century Russian people (3 C, 18 P) Pages in category "14th century in Russia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Much of Russia's expansion occurred in the 17th century, culminating in the first Russian colonisation of the Pacific in the mid-17th century, the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) that incorporated left-bank Ukraine, and the Russian conquest of Siberia. Poland was divided in the 1790–1815 era, with much of the land and population going to Russia.
The formal end to Tatar rule over Russia was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized Russian state following the annexations of the Novgorod Republic in 1478, Tver in 1485, the Pskov Republic in 1510, Volokolamsk in 1513, Ryazan in 1521, and Novgorod-Seversk in 1522.
In the 14th century, the grand princes of Moscow began to style themselves as the rulers of all Russia. [36] During his consolidation of territories, Ivan III adopted the title of sovereign (gosudar) of all Russia. [37] [38] After rejecting Mongol suzerainty, he also styled himself as autocrat (samoderzhets). [39]
The Grand Duchy of Moscow was the successor to the Grand Duchy of Vladimir, which, in turn, was one of the principalities into which Kievan Rus' broke up. It is customary to consider the history of the armed forces of the principality from the middle of the 13th century (although Moscow replaced Vladimir as the political center of North-Eastern Rus' in the second half of the 14th century).
In the second half of the 14th century, Druzhina was replaced by feudally organized units headed by Boyars or dependent Princes, and these units consisted of landed gentry (so called "Boyar's children" or "service people") and their armed servants ("military slaves"). In the 15th century, such organization of detachments replaced the city ...
Russian Civil War: The Czecho-Slovak Legions began its revolt against the Bolshevik government. 28 May: Armenia and Azerbaijan declared their mutual independence. 8 June: Russian Civil War: An anti-Bolshevik government, the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly, was established in Samara under the protection of the Czecho-Slovak ...
In the 14th century, the Synod Scroll was continued by the monks of the Yuriev Monastery in Novgorod. [5] Other important copies of the Novgorod First Chronicle include the Academic Scroll ( Akademícheskiy ) and Commission Scroll ( Komissiónnyy ) [ 3 ] ), both dating to the 1440s, [ 4 ] and the Tolstoi ( Tolstóvoi ) copy.