State
Russian state
Sovereign of All Rus' · unification of the lands
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- 1478–1547
Under Ivan III and Vasily III, the rulers of Moscow brought Novgorod, Tver, Pskov and other territories under their authority. The name describes an emerging centralised state; 1478 is used as a period boundary, not the date of an official change of name.
- Title
- Grand Prince and Sovereign of All Rus'; Ivan IV adopted the title of tsar in 1547.
- Symbol
- The double-headed eagle on the reverse of Ivan III's seal attached to a document of 1497.
- Law
- The Sudebnik of 1497 was an important step in the development of a state-wide legal code.