State
Principality of Moscow
The Moscow line · a conventional starting date
Show on the timeline- Period on the timeline
- 1263–1478
The Moscow princely line is associated with Daniel Alexandrovich and his descendants. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the princes of Moscow expanded their territories and strengthened grand-princely authority. The transformation of the principality into a united Russian state was a process, not a single change of name.
- Beginning
- 1263 is the traditional starting point for Daniel's appanage; firm evidence of his independent rule dates from later.
- Overlapping periods
- Shown within the period of the lands of Rus'; Moscow was not the only political centre of Rus'.
- Symbols
- Ivan III's seal bearing a double-headed eagle is documented in 1497 and is not projected back into the thirteenth century.