NOUN
- grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505)
How To Use Ivan III In A Sentence
- The political power and territorial control of Muscovy expanded greatly under the four-decade reign of Ivan III, who died in 1505 after routing the Mongol armies.
- The grand Principality of Moscow gained its independence from the Mongol Golden Horde in the fifteenth century under Ivan III, the Great, who vastly extended Muscovite territory.