Ivan Lll Vasilievich the Great. Shishov Alexey Vasilievich

Ivan III Vasilievich - the Grand Duke of Moscow, who went down in history as a collector of lands of Russians, the ruler, who finally overthrew the yard of the Horde. “During the years of his reign, Russia received a coat of arms with a double -headed eagle. The sovereign and autocrat of all Rus' ”He was first named in 1492. It was Ivan III who became, in fact, the first Russian king - this is how foreign monarchs called him. It is no accident that historian D.I. Ilovaysky wrote about him: “And if, from Vladimir St. Petersburg I, which of the Russian sovereigns is worthy of the name of the Great, then this is precisely Ivan III.”