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The formal end to Tatar rule over Russia was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized Russian state following the annexations of the Novgorod Republic in 1478, Tver in 1485, the Pskov Republic in 1510, Volokolamsk in 1513, Ryazan in 1521, and Novgorod-Seversk in 1522.
It includes all larger localities across the country, as well as some smaller localities close to current or recent lines of contact. It also includes a timeline of changes in territorial control, both of individual settlement captures and changes in the overall area under Russian control.
Exploration of Io. Appearance. Painting illustrating a flyby of Io by the Galileo spacecraft. The exploration of Io, Jupiter 's innermost Galilean and third-largest moon, began with its discovery in 1610 and continues today with Earth-based observations and visits by spacecraft to the Jupiter system. Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was the ...
Aglais io, the European peacock, [3] [4] [5] or the peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. It was formerly classified as the only member of the genus Inachis (the name is derived from Greek mythology, meaning Io , the daughter of Inachus [ citation needed ] ).
The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology said its poll of 1,067 people on Ukrainian-held territory from May 16-22 found that 32% would agree to some form of territorial concessions, up from ...
A view from Saana in Finnish Lapland. A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. [ 1] In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, i.e. an area that is under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state .
The Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) .io is nominally assigned to the British Indian Ocean Territory. [1] The domain is managed by Internet Computer Bureau Ltd, a domain name registry, with registrar services provided by Name.com. [2] Google 's ad targeting treats .io as a generic top-level domain (gTLD) because "users and ...
The Territorial Defence Forces ( Ukrainian: Війська територіальної оборони, romanized : Viiska terytorialnoi oborony) are the military reserve component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Territorial Defence Forces were formed after the reorganization of the Territorial Defence Battalions, volunteer militias created ...