Ivan III of Russia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivan III of Russia

Grand Prince of Moscow

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1440

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 27-Oct-1505

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ivan III Vasilyevich (Russian: ???? III ??????????; 22 January 1440, Moscow – 27 October 1505, Moscow), 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 blind father Vasily II since the mid-1450s before he officially ascended the throne in 1462. Sometimes referred to as the "gatherer of the Russian lands", he tripled the territory of his state, ended the dominance of the Mongols/Tatars over Russia, renovated the Moscow Kremlin, introduced new legal codex and laid the foundations of the Russian state.
His 1480 victory over the Great Horde is cited as the restoring of Russian independence 240 years after the fall of Kiev to Mongols' invasion.Ivan was the first Russian ruler to style himself "tsar", albeit not as an official title.
Through marriage to Sofia Paleologue, he made the double-headed eagle Russia's coat of arms and adopted idea of Moscow as Third Rome.
His 43-year reign was one of the longest in Russian history, second only to his grandson Ivan IV.