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DEMETRIUS DONSK01 1 (1350-1389) , grand duke of Vladimir and Moscow, son of the grand duke Ivan Ivanovich by his second consort
Novgorod in 1364. It was now that Moscow'Of the Don. 983 was first fortified by a strong wall
Tatars and the Lithuanians took an active part in it. Demetrius was generally successful in what was really a contention for the supremacy. In 1371 he won over the khan by a personal visit to the Horde
Tatars and in 138o encountered them on the plain of Kulikovo, between the rivers Nepryadvaya and Don, where he completely routed them, the grand khan Mamai perishing in his flight from the field. But now Toktamish, the deputy of Tamerlane, suddenly appeared in the Horde
Novgorod and the other recalcitrant Russian principalities, and even held his own against the Lithuanian grand dukes, so that by his last testament he was able to leave not only his ancestral possessions but his grand-dukedom also to his son Basil. Demetrius was one of the greatest of the north Russian grand dukes. He was not merely a cautious and tactful statesman, but also a valiant and capable captain, in striking contrast to most of the princes of his house
See Sergyei Solovev, History of Russia (Rus.), vols. i.-ii. (St Petersburg
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