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	Vasili II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vasili II Vasiliyevich Tyomniy (Blind) (Василий II Васильевич Тёмный in Russian) (March 10, 1415 – March 27, 1462) was the Grand Prince of Moscow whose long reign (1425-1462) was plagued by the greatest civil war of medieval Russian history.
		Vasily II was the eldest son of Vasili I Dmitriyevich by Sofia, the only daughter of Vytautas the Great.
		In the meantime, Constantinople fell to the Turks, and the Patriarch agreed to acknowledge the supremacy of the Pope in the Council of Florence.
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	Vasili II of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Vasili II (Vasili Vasilievich "the Blind"; March 1415 - March 27, 1462) was a Grand Prince of Moscow (1425 - 1462).
		Vasili was long in a contest first with his uncle Yuri and then with his two cousins Vasili and Dmitri for the throne of Moscow.
		Vasili rejected this concession and maintained the independence of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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	Vasili II of Russia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Vasili II Vasiliyevich Tyomniy (Blind) (Василий II Васильевич Тёмный in Russian) (March 10, 1415—March 27, 1462) was the Grand Prince of Moscow whose long reign (1425-1462) was plagued by the greatest civil war of medieval Russian history.
		Vasily II was the eldest son of Vasili I Dmitriyevich by Sofia, daughter of Vytautas the Great.
		Vasili II of Russia, First ten years of internecine struggle, Vasili's fight with Kazan and Shemyaka, Later reign and policies and External link.
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	Vasili IV of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Vasili IV of Russia (1552 – September 12, 1612) was the last Rurikid tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610.
		Born knyaz Vasily Vasilievich Shuisky and descended from sovereign princes of Nizhny Novgorod, he was one of the leading boyars of Muscovy during the reigns of Feodor I and Boris Godunov.
		Tsar Vasili IV of Russia It was he who, in obedience to the secret orders of Tsar Boris, went to Uglich to inquire into the cause of the death of Dmitry Ivanovich, the infant son of Ivan the Terrible, who had been murdered there, perchance by the agents of Boris.
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	Vasili I of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vasili I continued the process of unification of the Russian lands: in 1392, he annexed the principalities of Nizhny Novgorod and Murom; in 1397-1398 - Kaluga, Vologda, Veliki Ustyug and Komi people's lands.
		With the growth of princely authority in Moscow, feudals' judicial powers were partially diminished and transferred to Vasili's deputies and heads of volosts.
		To prevent Russia from being attacked by the Golden Horde, Vasiliy I entered into alliance with Lithuania in 1392 and married Sophia, the only daughter of Vytautas the Great.
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	1462 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		March 28 - Death of Vasili II of Russia.
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		March 27 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b.
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	Vasili III of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Vasili III Ivanovich (Russian: Василий III Иванович, also Basil) (March 251479–December 31533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533.
		Vasili annexed the last surviving autonomous provinces: Pskov in 1510, appanage of Volokolamsk in 1513, principalities of Ryazan in 1521 and Novgorod-Seversky in 1522.
		Vasili also took advantage of the difficult position of Sigismund of Poland to capture Smolensk, the great eastern fortress of Poland (1512), chiefly through the aid of the rebel Lithuanian, Prince Mikhail Hlinski, who provided him with artillery and engineers.
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		Russia is a great agricultural nation; three-quarters of its population derive their support from the soil, which furnishes the most important resources of the country.
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	Vassili II di Russia - Wikipedia
		Vassili II Vasilievich Tyomniy (Cieco) (Василий II Васильевич Тёмный) (1415- 1462), Gran Principe di Mosca dal 1425, figlio di Vassili I.
		Con un decreto del 1448 Vassili eleva il vescovo Jonah a metropolita di Russia con una implicita dichiarazione di indipendenza della Chiesa Ortodossa Russa nei confronti del Patriarca di Costantinopoli.
		Il regno di Vassili II vede anche il collasso dell' Orda d'Oro che si divide in tre piccoli khanati.
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	Vasili Mensch Müsste Man Sein Vasilis Tage- Und Nächtebuch V2.0vasilis Sicht Der Dingerevirement.de/webl
		There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home.
		Vasili was long in a contest with a reactionary coalition of appanage.
		Vasili I Dmitriyevich (I in Russian) (1371 February, 1425), Grand Prince of.
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		He entered the national scene serving as delegate from the Caucasus to the first national conference of Bolsheviks, in Tammerfors, Finland, in December 1905 (where he first met Lenin) and to the general congresses of the Russian Social Democratic party in Stockholm (1906) and London (1907).
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	Dimitri II of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dmitri II of Russia (ruled 1605-1606) was one of three pretenders to the Russian throne who claimed to be Dmitri, the son of Ivan the Terrible who had died as a toddler under mysterious circumstances.
		Dmitri attracted a number of followers, formed a small army, and rode to Russia on June 1604.
		Boris Godunov died suddenly on April 13 1605 and Feodor II took the throne.
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		The danger in the west, he said, was greater than that in Russia, and he could no longer take the responsibility for allowing the western front to be weakened for the benefit of other theaters of war.
		The hard freeze which usually set in by mid-December and lasted into March did not arrive at all that winter in the south, and in the north it was frequently broken by thaws.
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		Dmitri II of Russia (ruled 1605-1606) was one of a series of pretenders who lead rebellions by claiming to be Dmitri, the son of Ivan the Terrible, who had died as a toddler under mysterious circumstances.
		This army succeeded in overthrowing Feodor II, the son of Boris Godunov, and having him killed.
		Specifically, he was tolerant to other religious and didn't punish rebellion in bloody way.
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	Dimitri II of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dmitri II of Russia (1605-1606) One of a series of pretenders who lead rebellions by claiming to be Dmitri, the son of Ivan the Terrible who had died as a toddler under mysterious circumstances.
		One of a series of pretenders who lead rebellions by claiming to be Dmitri, the son of Ivan the Terrible who had died as a toddler under mysterious circumstances.
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	Vaal Triangle Info Encylopedia - March_10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		1415 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (d.
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		1845 - Tsar Alexander III of Russia (d.
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	The Ultimate Basil (disambiguation) - American History Information Guide and Reference
		There were four Russian rulers with the name Vasili, which is anglicized Basil:
		Vasili I of Russia Grand Prince from 1389-1425
		Vasili II of Russia Grand Prince from 1425-1462
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	Dimitri II of Russia - Definition up Erdmond.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dimitri II of Russia - Definition up Erdmond.Com
		Dmitri did not last long as a Tsar, however, because of his violation of traditional Russian patterns of behaviour.
		He was killed by the Russian nobles and Vasili_Shusky was put in his place as Tsar.
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	Articles - 1415 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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