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Moscow Kremlin Fortress

Type Object Region Russia Time 1367

The Moscow Kremlin was the political and military center of the Grand Principality of Moscow, centered on white limestone walls and a wooden defensiv…

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  1. 1367–1381Moscow · MoscowDmitry Donskoy replaced the earlier wooden palisade with limestone, building a white-stone Kremlin with towers and moving in the grand prince's residence and churches, elevating Moscow from a frontier town to a military-political core.
  2. 1382–1388Moscow · MoscowIn 1382 Tokhtamysh, khan of the Golden Horde, captured and burned Moscow, severely damaging the Kremlin's defenses. The grand prince subsequently organized reconstruction, strengthening walls and moats, and further shifting the administrative center from Vladimir to Moscow.
  3. 1389–1390Moscow · MoscowAfter Dmitry Donskoy's death in 1389, his son Vasily I made the Kremlin the grand prince's permanent capital, continuing to improve defenses and church buildings and consolidating Moscow's suzerainty over the surrounding principalities.

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