Ivan III
Middle reign

Ivan III Middle reign

Ivan III
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At Ivan's accession many Great Russian lands were not yet under Muscovite control; the entire Ukraine and the upper Oka districts were part of the Polish–Lithuanian union and Ivan himself, in name at least, was a tributary of the Khan of the Golden Horde. He set himself the task of reconquering from Poland–Lithuania the Ukrainian possessions of his forefathers. But…

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