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Vasili III of Russia

1479 - 1533

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Vasili III Ivanovich (Russian: Василий III Иванович; 25 March 1479 – 3 December 1533) was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 until his death in 1533. He was the son of Ivan III and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name Gavriil (Гавриил). Following on the ambitions of his predecessor Ivan, Vasili conquered Pskov, Ryazan and Smolensk as well as strengthening Russian influence in Kazan and to the Volga region. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasili III of Russia has received more than 595,851 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Vasili III of Russia is the 937th most popular politician (up from 1,052nd in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Russia (up from 119th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Russian Politician.

Vasili III of Russia is most famous for his part in the Time of Troubles. He is also known for his military conquests.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vasili III of Russia ranks 937 out of 15,577. Before him are Park Geun-hye, Ptolemy IV Philopator, Balbinus, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Alberto Fujimori, and Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria. After him are Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Halime Sultan, Lysimachus, Alfonso XII of Spain, Nikolai Bukharin, and Nadezhda Krupskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1479, Vasili III of Russia ranks 4. Before him are Joanna of Castile, Hafsa Sultan, and Lisa del Giocondo. After him are Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Diego Columbus, Peter Henlein, Guru Amar Das, Francisco de Montejo, Ippolito d'Este, Vallabha, and Catherine of York. Among people deceased in 1533, Vasili III of Russia ranks 3. Before him are Atahualpa and Mary Tudor, Queen of France. After him are Ludovico Ariosto, Frederick I of Denmark, Lucas van Leyden, Huáscar, Veit Stoss, Túpac Huallpa, and Cornelis Engebrechtsz..

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasili III of Russia ranks 111 out of 3,262. Before him are Sergey Kirov (1886), Otto Wallach (1847), Mikhail Bakhtin (1895), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), Ivan VI of Russia (1740), and Lev Kamenev (1883). After him are Nikolai Bukharin (1888), Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869), Alexander Alekhine (1892), False Dmitry I (1581), Valery Legasov (1936), and Tokhtamysh (1342).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Vasili III of Russia ranks 43. Before him are Alexander Kerensky (1881), Nikolai Yezhov (1895), Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797), Sergey Kirov (1886), Ivan VI of Russia (1740), and Lev Kamenev (1883). After him are Nikolai Bukharin (1888), Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869), False Dmitry I (1581), Tokhtamysh (1342), Ivan V of Russia (1666), and Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944).

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