Rule of Dmitry's Successors in the Grand Duchy of Moscow (1390s)

Name: Rule of Dmitry's Successors in the Grand Duchy of Moscow (1390s)
Start: 1391
End: 1400

Type Event Region Eastern Europe Time 1391–1400

After Dmitry Donskoy died in 1389, his son Vasily I succeeded him; in the 1390s Moscow consolidated power between Lithuania and the Golden Horde, ann…

Timeline

1389–1393Moscow · RussiaVasily I became Grand Prince of Moscow after his father Dmitry Donskoy's death, settling succession disputes among uncles and cousins and establishing his leadership over Moscow and surrounding principalities.
1394–1398Smolensk and the western border · Belarus–Russia borderVasily I and Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas repeatedly clashed at Smolensk and elsewhere, contesting western Rus' lands, with Moscow gradually expanding its influence in the seesaw struggle.
1395–1400Moscow and the Volga trade route · RussiaAfter the Golden Horde's fragmentation, Vasily I skillfully navigated rival khans' contests, sometimes paying tribute and sometimes refusing, using the khanate's weakness to expand Moscow's autonomy and territory.

Sources

A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Vol. 1 — David Christian (1998)