Moscow Russia - from principality to the kingdom

How did the formation of a single Moscow state occur, at first - the Grand Duchy, and then the kingdom? Through bloody feuds, confrontations, betrayal and much more? Undoubtedly. But also through devotion, heroism and honor. At the same time, in Russia, the usual path of the formation of a large state with strong power was its own, full of local characteristics. The complex interweaving of the fate of people and cities through the miles and summer connects the age of XV, when the confrontation for the Grand Duke of the Moscow throne broke out between the two branches of the descendants of Dmitry Donskoy and almost led to the death of the Russian state. Moscow survived, was able to rise to be in a critical situation in the 17th century. Two parts of the book are devoted to the two most important periods of the formation of our state - the beginning of the elevation of Moscow as the future capital and overcoming the turmoil. The dramatic path ended with the statement of unanimous. In the book of the famous Yaroslavl writer