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Aftermath of Tver's Annexation by Moscow

Type Event Region Russia Time 1440–1449

In the 1440s the Grand Principality of Tver sided with Vasily II in Moscow's civil war, consolidating ties through marriage and treaties and graduall…

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  1. 1440Tver · RussiaGrand Prince Boris Alexandrovich of Tver concluded an equal alliance with Vasily II, promising to help him against Shemyaka and foreign enemies, and dispatched troops to participate in the campaign against Novgorod.
  2. 1446–1452Tver · RussiaAfter being blinded, Vasily had taken refuge in Tver; after his restoration, the two sides consolidated their alliance through the betrothal of Maria Borisovna and Ivan III. Tver lost its independent diplomacy toward Poland-Lithuania and was gradually absorbed into Moscow's sphere of influence.

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