The Rise of Muscovy

Medieval Moscow

Monument to Yury Dolgoruky, “The Founder of Moscow” (c. 1099-1157)

The Founding of MoscowApollinary Vasnetsov

Moscow Coat of Arms

St. George, Moscow

Daniel, Grand Prince of Moscow(1261-1303)

Court of a Feudal Russian Prince in Moscow, 13th Century

Apollinary Vasnetsov

Growth of Muscovy, 14th-15th Centuries

Ivan Kalita (1288-1340)Grand Prince of Moscow

Dmitry Donskoi (1350-89)Grand Prince of Moscow

Moscow Kremlin under Dmitry DonskoiApollinary Vasnetsov

Crown of MonomakhSergei Kirillov, 1993

Ivan III, The Great (1440-1505)Grand Prince of Moscow and All of Russia

“The Gatherer of the Russian Lands”

Seal and Symbol of Moscow

Cathedral of the AssumptionMoscow Kremlin, 1479

Moscow Kremlin under Ivan IIIApollinary Vasnetsov

Ivan III Tearing Up the Khan’s Letter (1476)Aleksei Livshenko

Great Stand on the Ugra River, 148016th-Century Chronicle Illustration

Destruction of Novgorod by Ivan III (1494)Klavdy Lebedev, c. 1916

The Moscow Kremlin at the Time of Ivan IIIApollinary Vasnetsov

Ivan IV, The Terrible1530-84

Ivan the TerribleViktor Vasnetsov, 1897

Fyodor Chaliapin as Ivan IV, 1911

Ivan the TerribleSergei Kirillov, 1990

Marriage of Ivan IV and Anastasia Zakharinia (1547)

Ivan IV and The Priest Sylvester During the Fire of Moscow, 1547

Pavel Pleshanov

Kazan Before the Siege of 1552Firinat Khalikov

Medieval Kazan

Ivan IV Beneath the Walls of KazanKonstantin Korovin

Conquest of KazanNikolai Roerich, 1916

Conquest of Kazan

Astrakhan (Conquered 1556)

Conquest of Siberia by Ermak (1581)Vasily Surikov, 1895

Capture of Pskov by Ivan IV (1581)Konstantin Briullov

Ivan Shows his Treasure to English Ambassador Jerome Horsey

Aleksandr Litvochenko, 1875

Death of Anastasia (1560)Ilya Repin

Ivan the Terrible Begging to Become a MonkVladimir Lebedev

Ivan the Terrible with Close AdvisorsAndrei Ryabushkin, 1903

Ivan the Terrible and His Son on November 15, 1581

Ilya Repin, 1885

Ivan the Terrible at the Deathbed of his Son IvanViacheslav Schwartz

Boris Godunov with Ivan the TerribleIlya Repin

Throne of Ivan the TerribleCarved and Gilded Wood, Carved Ivory

Bible of Ivan the Terrible

Fool with Monomakh’s CapSergei Kirillov, 1999

OprichnikiViktor Vasnetsov

Oprichniki

Land Assembly

Prince Andrei Kurbsky

Boyars

Boyars

Russian Embassy to Germany Under Ivan IV

Detail

Boyars and Tsar

BoyarsIvan Bilibin

At the Tsar’s ServiceAlexander Makovsky

Waiting for the Tsar to ExitAndrei Ryabushkin, 1901

Boyar with the Tsar’s DipperSergei Kirillov, 1992

Dipper of Ivan the TerribleSergei Kirillov, 1999

Boyars VisitingIvan Goriushkin-Sorokopudov, 1912

A Boyar’s Wedding in the 17th CenturyKonstantin Makovsky, 1883

Kissing Custom at the Feast of Boyar MorozovKonstantin Makovsky, 1895

BoyaryshnyaKonstantin Makovsky, 1886

Boyaryshnya at the WindowKonstantin Makovsky

Boyar DumaAndrei Ryabushkin, 1893

Boyar in the DumaSergei Kirillov, 1994

Scenes of the 16th and 17th Centuries

Red PalaceAndrei Ryabushkin, 1899

In the PalaceAndrei Ryabushkin, 1880s

Old Moscow StreetAndrei Ryabushkin, 1890

17th-Century MoscowBoris Olshansky

17th-Century Moscow Street on a HolidayAndrei Ryabushkin, 1895

17th-Century Russian Women in ChurchAndrei Ryabushkin, 1899

Red SquareApollinary Vasnetsov

Moscow Kremlin at the End of the 17th CenturyApollinary Vasnetsov

Palace of a PrinceViktor Vasnetsov

A Prince’s EstateAlexander Maximov

Medieval Russian CityVladislav Izmailovich

16th-Century Architecture

Novodevichy ConventMoscow, 1520s

Church of the ResurrectionPskov, 1532

Church of St. Nicholas Pskov, 1535

Nativity Cathedral, Suzdal, 1222, Renovated in 16th Century

St. Basil’s CathedralMoscow, 1555-61

Church of St. Andrew the PiousBogolyubovo, 1565

Solovetsky Monastery, 1436-1594

Monastery of St. EuthymiusSuzdal, 16th Century

Cathedral of St. Michael, Moscow Kremlin, Late 16th Century

Church of the TransfigurationNear Moscow, Late 16th Century

Old English CourtMoscow, Late 16th Century