Why did Moscow defeat all competitors for power?

Опубликовано: 04 Март 2026
на канале: History without pseudoscience | LETA
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A small town in the very depths of impassable swamps and forests. An unknown settlement in a few centuries not only became a leader in Rus', but also shook off the hand of the Horde, and then began to threaten its neighbors!
How did this rise happen and why couldn't the much more formidable Kyiv, Tver, Novgorod or Lithuania succeed?

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