Simeon of Kiev (date of birth is uncertain – died 1488) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the

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of the

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. Simeon served as the Bishop of Polotsk before being elected as the metropolitan bishop by the council of bishops. He was later confirmed by the

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in 1481.Symeon, Metropolitan

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. Hrushevsky, M.
Hierarchal relations (ЄРАРХІЧНІ ВІДНОСИНИ)
'. History of Ukraine-Rus. Evidence of confirmation of Simeon according to Hrushevsky is mentioned in a

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of Zachary Kopystensky. With this confirmation also was restored so called "modus vivendi". The tenure of Simeon was challenged by the anti-Eastern Orthodox sentiments of the King of Poland Casimir IV Jagiellon and the 1482 plundering of Kiev by the Crimean Khan Mengli Giray, an ally of the Grand Prince

Ivan III of Moscow Ivan III Vasilyevich (russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus'. Ivan served as the co-ruler and regent for his blin ...

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1488 deaths Metropolitans of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' (1441 - 1596) Year of birth unknown Eastern Orthodox bishops of Polotsk 15th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops {{Eastern-Orthodoxy-bio-stub