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Ivan III of Russia

1440 - 1505

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Ivan III Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 until his death in 1505. Ivan served as the co-ruler and regent for his blind father Vasily II before he officially ascended the throne. He multiplied the territory of his state through conquest, purchase, inheritance and the seizure of lands from his dynastic relatives, and laid the foundations of the centralized Russian state. He also renovated the Moscow Kremlin and introduced a new legal code. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan III of Russia is the 1,006th most popular politician (down from 682nd in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Russia (down from 78th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Russian Politician.

Ivan III of Russia is most famous for expanding the Russian empire by conquering the Novgorod Republic, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Khanate of Kazan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ivan III of Russia ranks 1,006 out of 19,576. Before him are John the Fearless, Subhas Chandra Bose, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Jotham of Judah, John I of France, and Sun Quan. After him are Farah Pahlavi, Sebastian of Portugal, Michael of Russia, William Longsword, Elisabeth of France, and Maurice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1440, Ivan III of Russia ranks 1. After him are Ladislaus the Posthumous, Kabir, Hugo van der Goes, Diogo Cão, Sten Sture the Elder, Hartmann Schedel, Antonio Vivarini, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Jorge Manrique, Bartolomé Bermejo, and Alain I of Albret. Among people deceased in 1505, Ivan III of Russia ranks 1. After him are Hongzhi Emperor, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, Al-Suyuti, Jacob Obrecht, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Elizabeth of Austria, Heinrich Kramer, Ascanio Sforza, Gülbahar Hatun, Johannes Widmann, and Jean Hey.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ivan III of Russia ranks 97 out of 3,761. Before him are Andrei Rublev (1360), Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851), Alexis of Russia (1629), Vasily Arkhipov (1926), Mikhail Kalinin (1875), and Ivan Konev (1897). After him are Michael of Russia (1596), Alexander Suvorov (1730), Mikhail Lomonosov (1711), Lev Kamenev (1883), Alexander Alekhine (1892), and Nikolai Bukharin (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Ivan III of Russia ranks 35. Before him are Boris Godunov (1552), Feodor I of Russia (1557), Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869), Martti Ahtisaari (1937), Sergey Lavrov (1950), and Alexis of Russia (1629). After him are Michael of Russia (1596), Lev Kamenev (1883), Nikolai Bukharin (1888), Nikolai Yezhov (1895), Tokhtamysh (1342), and Grigory Potemkin (1739).

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