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Dmitry Donskoy

1350 - 1389

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Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й; 12 October 1350 – 19 May 1389) was Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 until his death. He was the heir of Ivan II. He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol authority in Russia. In traditional Russian historiography, he is regarded as a Russian national hero and a central figure of the Russian Middle Ages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dmitry Donskoy has received more than 472,287 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Dmitry Donskoy is the 79th most popular nobleman (up from 84th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Russia (up from 157th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Nobleman.

Dmitry Donskoy was a prince of Moscow and the first to unite Russia in the 13th century. He is most famous for his victory over the Mongol army at Kulikovo Field in 1380.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Dmitry Donskoy ranks 79 out of 842Before him are Philip the Bold, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Elisabeth Farnese, Maria Alexandrovna, Princess Alice of Battenberg, and Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Pepin of Landen, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Ramesses V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1350, Dmitry Donskoy ranks 6Before him are Pope Boniface IX, John of Nepomuk, Manuel II Palaiologos, Miloš Obilić, and Malhun Hatun. After him are Vincent Ferrer, Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, John I of Aragon, Pierre d'Ailly, Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, and Inca Roca. Among people deceased in 1389, Dmitry Donskoy ranks 5Before him are Murad I, Hafez, Pope Urban VI, and Miloš Obilić. After him are Lazar of Serbia, U of Goryeo, Gülçiçek Hatun, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Chang of Goryeo, Hayam Wuruk, and Albert IV, Duke of Mecklenburg.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Dmitry Donskoy ranks 140 out of 3,262Before him are Georgi Plekhanov (1856), Mily Balakirev (1837), Felix Yusupov (1887), Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708), Martti Ahtisaari (1937), and Sergei Yesenin (1895). After him are Walther Funk (1890), Ilya Prigogine (1917), Alexei Kosygin (1904), Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (1779), Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795), and Genrikh Yagoda (1891).

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