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16th century in Moscow

  • Grand Principality of MoscowIn 1263, Daniel, the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky, received Moscow as an appanage principality. This small territory likely encompassed the basin of the…
  • Fire of Moscow (1571)On the 23rd of May 1571, Tatar troops set up a camp near Kolomenskoye. Russian voivodes entered Moscow that same day to prepare for the coming storm.