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#Sophia Palaiologina
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People · Grand Principality of Moscow
Sophia Palaiologina: The Byzantine Princess Who Married Ivan III
Sophia (Zoe) Palaiologina, niece of the last Byzantine emperor, married Ivan III in 1472. What did she really bring to Moscow, and what is legend?
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People · Grand Principality of Moscow
Ivan III: How Ivan the Great Made Muscovy a State
Ivan III ruled Moscow from 1462 to 1505. He took Novgorod and Tver, outfaced the Horde on the Ugra, rebuilt the Kremlin and gave Russia its first law code.