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Grand Principality of Moscow Великое княжество Московское Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye | |||||||||||||||||||
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Banner of Dmitry Donskoy
(colored according to medieval chronicles) Double-headed Eagle on the seal of Ivan III the Great
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Capital | Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Old East Slavic | ||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Russian Orthodox (official) | ||||||||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Muscovite | ||||||||||||||||||
Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||
Grand Duke | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1263–1303 | Daniel (first) | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1533–1547 | Ivan the Terrible (last) | ||||||||||||||||||
Legislature | Veche | ||||||||||||||||||
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• Established | 1263 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Coronation of Ivan IV | 16 January 1547 | ||||||||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||||||
1505[1] | 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||
Currency | ruble, denga | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Grand Duchy of Moscow,[2][3] Muscovite Russia,[4] Muscovite Rus'[5] or Grand Principality of Moscow[6][7] (Russian: Великое княжество Московское, romanized: Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye; or Muscovy in English from the Latin Moscovia)[8] was a principality in Rus'. It was in the late Middle Ages in Moscow. It was before Tsardom of Russia which was made in the early modern period. It was ruled by the Rurik dynasty.
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