Ivan I Of Moscow
Ivan I Daniilovich Kalita (the moneybag) (Ива́н I Дании́лович Калита́ in Russian; 1288 – 31 March 1340) was Prince of Moscow from 1325 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1328.
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