Ivan Iii And The Unification Of Russia

Author : V. o. Kliuchevski
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332970202
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book A History of Russia (Classic Reprint) written by V. o. Kliuchevski and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-07-28 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of Russia N ovosiltz, Vorotin, Odoiev, and others and their example was followed by two of Vsevolod's stock, the Prince of Tchernigov and the Prince of Novgorod Sieverski (respectively a son of Ivan Andreivitch of Mozhaisk and a grandson of Shemiaka).1 Now, when the said Ivan Andreivitch and Shemiaka had been worsted in their struggles with Vassilii the Dark, they had, in each case, fled to Lithuania, where they had acquired extensive possessions on the Desna, the Seim, the Sosh, and the Dnieper, as well as the cities of Tchernigov and Novgorod Sieverski. That is to say, they had never been anything but the bitterest of foes to Vassilii. Yet no sooner was the call sounded for a stand to be made for Orthodoxy than, forgetting their hereditary enmity, the son Of the one and the grandson of the other became subject-allies of Vassilii's son himself l - clear evidence that, in proportion as the Muscovite union of princes broadened, it became a union constituting a military hegemony Of' Moscow over all the other allied princes of Rus. Such were the new phenomena prominent in Moscow's absorption of Rus from the middle of the fifteenth century onwards. First the local communities began openly to turn to Moscow, either of their own accord, or at at? Instance of their respective governments; which caused the Muscovite unification of the country to acquire a different character and a faster rate of progress. That is to say, it ceased to be a matter of seizure or of private negotiation, and became ia'nalz'oual, a religious movement. The briefest possible enumeration of Moscow's territorial acquisitions during the times of Ivan III. And his son Vassilii will suffice to show us how greatly the political con solidation of Rus by Moscow then became accelerated. The middle of the fifteenth century was no sooner passed than principalities and free commonwealths vied with one another in transferring themselves and their provinces to Muscovite allegiance. In 1463 the Princes of Yaroslavl, . Both Suzerain and appanage, swore fealty to Ivan ititand, accepting Muscovite service, resigned their independence. Next, in the seventies oft - hé same century, there took place the conquest Of Novgorod the Great, as also of its extensive territories in Northern Rus. Next, in 1472 the Prmdpaiw Perm (where Russian colonisation 1' had begun as early as the fourteenth century, in the time of St. Stephen of Perm) made final submission to the Muscovite ruler. Next, in 14741 the Princes of. Rostov sold the remaining half of their territory to 1 See vol. I. P. 310. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.