VASILY


Meaning of VASILY in English

Russian Vasily Dmitriyevich

born 1371

died February 1425, Moscow

Grand prince of Moscow (1389–1425).

After helping the Tatar khan Tokhtamysh fight Timur , he succeeded his father as grand prince of Moscow and Vladimir. He enlarged his realm to include Nizhny Novgorod and Murom in the central Volga region, but his efforts to expand westward brought him into conflict with Lithuania and Novgorod. He prepared to fight Timur in 1395, but the Mongol leader withdrew from Russian lands without a battle. Vasily kept his state independent until the Tatars reasserted control in 1408.

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