Muscovy (other)
Muscovy or Moscovia (russian: Моско́вия, translit=Moskoviya, link=no) is an alternative name for the Principality of Moscow (1263–1547) and the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721). It may also refer to: *Muscovy Company, an English trading company chartered in 1555 *Muscovy duck (''Cairina moschata'') and Domestic Muscovy duck (''Cairina moschata domestica'') * Moscovia (region), a historical region in central Russia *Muscovy glass, or muscovite, a mineral *Muscovy, a fictional "parallel world" Russia in Phillip Pullman's ''His Dark Materials'' See also *Moscobia Convent, a convent established by the Russian Orthodox Church in Ein Karem *Moskovia Airlines, a defunct Russian airline [Baidu]  

Principality Of Moscow
The Grand Duchy of Moscow, Muscovite Russia, Muscovite Rus' or Grand Principality of Moscow (russian: Великое княжество Московское, Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye; also known in English simply as Muscovy from the Latin ) was a Rus' principality of the Late Middle Ages centered on Moscow, and the predecessor state of the Tsardom of Russia in the early modern period. It was ruled by the Rurik dynasty, who had ruled Rus' since the foundation of Novgorod in 862. Ivan III the Great titled himself as Sovereign and Grand Duke of All Rus' (russian: государь и великий князь всея Руси, gosudar' i velikiy knyaz' vseya Rusi). The state originated with the rule of Alexander Nevsky of the Rurik dynasty, when in 1263, his son, Daniel I, was appointed to rule the newly created Grand Principality of Moscow, which was a vassal state to the Mongol Empire (under the "Tatar Yoke"), and which eclipsed and eventually absorbed its parent duchy o ...
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