The Great Stand on the Ugra River (Russian: Великое стояние на Угре) or the Standing on the Ugra River, also known as the Battle of the Ugra, was a standoff...

of forts protecting Muscovy from Tatar raids. The river is known for the Great stand on the Ugra River. Its length is 399 kilometres (248 mi) and its...

hostile to the Great Horde. According to later Russian tradition, the retreat of the forces of the Great Horde at the Great Stand on the Ugra River opposed...

1480 with the Great Stand on the Ugra River by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, while the Chagatai Khanate lasted in one form or another until 1687. The Mongol...

later the other independent Russian principalities. The Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480 marked the end of nominal Tatar suzerainty over Russia, though...

itself of the "Tatar yoke" at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480, which traditionally marks the end of Mongol rule over Russia. The Crimean Khanate...

was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized...

noble), was possibly the first one to unite the Bulgarian states, north from the Danube, from the west and the east of the Olt River, and his son Basarab...

controlled, de jure, the territory of the former Russian Empire after its proclamation by the Russian Provisional Government on 1 September (14 September...

of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721. From 1550 to 1700, Russia grew by an average...

of Russia (1721–96) is the history of Russia during the Era of Russian palace revolutions and the Age of Catherine the Great. It began with creation...

1478: The Catholic Monarchs established the Spanish Inquisition 1479: Battle of Breadfield 1480: Great Stand on the Ugra River. The end of the Tatar-Mongol...

Sea, the Kara Sea, and the West-Siberian river Ob. The lands to the north of the city, rich with fur, sea fauna and salt among others were of great economic...

such as the Crimean Khans, continued into the early 16th century, despite later claims of Muscovite bookmen that the indecisive standoff at the Ugra in 1480...

Khan Akhmed at the Great stand on the Ugra River contributed to Russia's gaining its independence from the steppe nomads. According to the Chronica Polonorum...

Muscovy, which would result in the Great Stand on the Ugra River, 150 miles from Moscow. They stood off shouting at one another on opposite banks for weeks...

Commissar for Education of Soviet Russia. In the beginning, the Soviet authorities placed great emphasis on the elimination of illiteracy. All left-handed...

This was an important factor in the Great stand on the Ugra River which led to Russian independence from the Great Horde. In September 1482, Meñli managed...

Stolypin. Most, if not all, of these reforms were based on recommendations from a committee known as the "Needs of Agricultural Industry Special Conference...

Anxieties at the Closing of the Great War, 1918. Pen and Sword Books. p. 321. ISBN 978-1-78383-992-6. Jelavich, Barbara (1983). History of the Balkans: Twentieth...

24, 2022. Archived from the original on August 31, 2022. A new nation appeared in the world on February 24 at 4 o'clock in the morning. It was not born...

machines. The first recorded case of the use of firearms in a kind of field battle refers to Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. At the same time,...

Volga Bulgaria. The Volga, Kama and Vyatka were the main rivers of the khanate, as well as the major trade ways. The majority of the population were Kazan...

Volga river. This offensive, in turn, ran out of steam in autumn 1942, allowing the Soviet forces to stage a devastating counteroffensive on the overextended...

initiate the Spanish Inquisition (looking for heretics and unconverted Jews). October – Great Stand on the Ugra River: Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden...

by the forced collectivization of agriculture, rapid industrialization, and the Great Purge, which eliminated perceived enemies of the state. The Soviet...

Russia was the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. The Russian Orthodox Church held a privileged position in the Russian Empire, expressed in the motto...

particularly in the latter period of his reign. Alexander reorganized the central government, replacing the colleges that Peter the Great had set up with...

only by the end of the fifteenth century, and put an end to Russia's subordination to the Golden Horde after the Great standing on the Ugra river of 1480...

numerous regiments to the Ugra River, leading to the beginning of the Great Stand on the Ugra River. Ivan III moved towards the Oka River, but soon returned...