2-632-239 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Ivan III', c1501, (1907). Ivan III Vasilyevich (1440-1505) one of the longest-reigning Russian rulers he tripled the territory of his state, ended the dominance of the Golden Horde over the Rus, renovated the Moscow Kremlin, and laid the foundations of the Russian state. From The World's History, Volume V, by Dr. H. F. Helmolt. [William Heinemann, London, 1907]