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BASIL I . DMITREVICH (1371-1425), SOH of Dmitri (Demetrius) Donskoi, whom he succeeded in 1389, married Sophia
investiture , from the Golden Horde
tribute to the grand khan, Tokhtamuish. He annexed the principality of Suzdal to Moscovy, together with Murom, Kozelsk Peremyshl, and other places; reduced the grand-duchy of Rostov to a state of vassalage; and acquired territory from the republic of Great
Novgorod by treaty. In his reign occurred the invasion of Timur (1395), who ruined the Volgan regions, but did not penetrate so far as Moscow. Indeed Timur's raid was of service to the Russian prince as it all but wiped out the Golden Horde
tribute was paid to the khan, though vast sums of money were collected in the Moscow treasury for military purposes. In 1408 the Mirza Edigei ravaged Muscovite territory, but was unable to take Moscow. In 1412, however, Basil found it necessary to pay the long-deferred visit of sub-mission to the Horde. The most important ecclesiastical event of the reign was the elevation
metropolitan see of Kiev (1425) by Vitovt, grand-duke of Lithuania; the immediate political consequence of which was the weakening of the hold of Muscovy on the south
See T. Schiemann, Russland bis ins 17. Jahrhundert (Gotha, 1885-1887). End of Article: BASIL I If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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