The principality centered on Moscow that rose under the Rurikid dynasty to dominate northeastern Russia, absorbing rival principalities and throwing off the Mongol yoke, until Ivan IV's coronation as Tsar in 1547 transformed it into the Tsardom of Russia.
Transformed into the Tsardom of Russia in 1547 when Grand Prince Ivan IV ('Ivan the Terrible') was crowned Tsar of All the Russias on 16 January 1547.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Grand Principality of Moscow (Muscovy) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1263 · 1396 · 1496.
Examines the institutional and cultural relationship between Muscovy and the Golden Horde, directly relevant to Moscow's rise.
Authoritative survey of early Russian history covering the Muscovite period.
A. K. Tolstoy's historical novel is set during Ivan the Terrible's oprichnina, dramatizing Muscovite court life at the principality's imperial turn.