46 History of the Russian state in the image of its sovereign rulers, Vasily Vereshchagin, 1896

Sovereign grand duke vasily ioannovich. 1505-1533 vasily iii completed the gathering of northeastern rus' by annexing the last appanages to moscow. Due to the strengthening of power, ambassadors of foreign powers of the east and west appear at the moscow court. Rus' suffered from the invasion of the crimean khan giray. Date: 1896.