![]() Ivan IV "Ivan the Terrible", Tsar of Russia. Ivan the Great marries Sophia Palaiologina, the niece of the last Byzantine emperor, and adopts the double-headed eagle as his own coat-of-arms, which is still used in modern Russia. ![]() Ivan the Great adopts the Byzantine Coat of Arms. Collectively called Russia, the country is controlled from Moscow. Ivan the Great ends the dominance of the Golden Horde and consolidates many original states with new territories. Ivan III "Ivan the Great" reunites Russia. Most of the smaller states become tributaries of the Mongol Golden Horde. In 988 Rus' adopts Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire and creates a written legal code.Īfter a Golden Age under the reign of Vladimir the Great (980 = 1015) and his son Yaroslav the Wise (1019 = 1054), Rus' breaks up following a Mongol invasion. East Slav warriors and Varangian traders from the Baltic Sea region establish a state of Rus' during the 9th century.
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