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Vasily II of Moscow

1415 - 1462

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Vasily II Vasilyevich (Russian: Василий II Васильевич; 10 March 1415 – 27 March 1462), nicknamed the Blind or the Dark (Russian: Тёмный), was Grand Prince of Moscow from 1425 until his death in 1462. He succeeded his father, Vasily I, only to be challenged by his uncle Dmitry Shemyaka. During this time, Moscow changed hands several times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily II of Moscow has received more than 273,148 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Vasily II of Moscow is the 2,110th most popular politician (down from 2,084th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 212th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Russian Politician.

Vasily II of Moscow is most famous for his victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo Field.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vasily II of Moscow ranks 2,110 out of 19,576Before him are Dihya, Theodora Porphyrogenita, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Manasseh, Philip, Duke of Parma, and Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York. After him are Jacques Pierre Brissot, Peter II of Aragon, Kenan Evren, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Emperor Taizong of Song, and Princess Muna al-Hussein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1415, Vasily II of Moscow ranks 4Before him are Piero della Francesca, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Dieric Bouts. After him are Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Jan Długosz, Joanot Martorell, John Argyropoulos, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Albert van Ouwater, Aristotele Fioravanti, and John II, Count of Nevers. Among people deceased in 1462, Vasily II of Moscow ranks 1After him are Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Anne of Cyprus, Pasquale Malipiero, Antoine de la Sale, and Dai Jin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily II of Moscow ranks 202 out of 3,761Before him are Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882), Valery Gerasimov (1955), Vasily Smyslov (1921), Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690), Christian Goldbach (1690), and Anna Netrebko (1971). After him are Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828), Vasily Stalin (1921), Nikolai Vavilov (1887), Mikhail Suslov (1902), Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851), and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Vasily II of Moscow ranks 66Before him are Öz Beg Khan (1282), Yakov Sverdlov (1885), Felix Yusupov (1887), Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (1657), Ivan I of Moscow (1288), and Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690). After him are Mikhail Suslov (1902), Gennady Zyuganov (1944), Raisa Gorbacheva (1932), Gustav Bauer (1870), Vasily I of Moscow (1371), and Gennady Yanayev (1937).