16th Century - Rusmania
...Using this as a pretext, war broke out between Moscow and Lithuania which ended with a peace treaty where one-third of Lithuanian territory, including the old Kievan-Rus city of Chernigov, was ceded to Moscow, although Ivan III's aim of recapturing Smolensk was not achieved....
https://rusmania.com/history-of-russia/16th-century
History of Moscow - Wikipedia
...While the Khan of the Golden Horde initially attempted to limit Moscow's influence, when the growth of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania began to threaten all of Russia, the Khan strengthened Moscow to counterbalance Lithuania, allowing it to become one of the most powerful cities in Russia....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Moscow
Moscow in the XVI century - istmira.com
...For most of the 16th century, Moscow was under the control of Ivan The Terrible and its successor Fyodor Ioannovich. Under Ivan IV, Moscow became not only the center of the Principality, but also the capital of the Entire Russian Empire....
https://www.istmira.com/w-hist/history-of-russia/3880-moscow-in-the-xvi-century.html
Overcoming the Time of Troubles in Russia | Presidential Library
...The section presents documents about the events that were taking place in Russia on the eve of the Time of Troubles ? the reign of Tsar Feodor Ivanovich and the murder of Tsarevitch Dmitry Ivanovich in Uglich....
https://www.prlib.ru/en/collections/467163
Category:Events in Moscow in the 16th century - Wikimedia Commons
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Events_in_Moscow_in_the_16th_century
Russian culture of the 16th ? 17th centuries
...The introduction of book printing turns out to be the most significant event in Moscow in the middle of the XVI century. The Printing Yard had started printing of the educational literature in the following century....
https://nav.shm.ru/en/halls/1009/
World History Timeline: 16th Century, 1571 to 1580
...1571 Tatars sack and burn the outskirts of Moscow. The Russians drive them back. 1572 On August 24, St. Bartholmew's Day, about 3,000 Protestants in Paris are massacred. Across France within three days approximately 20,000 Huguenots are executed. Catholics across Europe rejoice and Protestants mourn and express anger....
http://www.fsmitha.com/time/ce16-8.htm
Sixteenth century description of Russia
...Engraving showing the city of Moscow in the state of Muscovy. Sigismund von Herberstein made two visits to Russia. In 1517-18 he travelled as a diplomatic envoy of the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I. He returned in 1526-27 as an ambassador of Ferdinand I, King of Bohemia and Hungary....
https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/exhibns/month/aug2007.html
Russia - Time of Troubles, Ivan IV, Dynastic Crisis | Britannica
...Three significant causes can be discerned for the evolution of Muscovite culture in the 16th century. The first was the growth and prosperity of the Russian population, united under a stable and increasingly centralized monarchy, which produced the conditions for the rise of a national culture....
https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia/The-Time-of-Troubles
Crisis of the late 16th century in Russia - Wikipedia
...Russia suffered from an economic and social crisis in the second half of the 16th century which led to famines, depopulation and the abandonment of agricultural lands. The economic crisis overlapped with the oprichnina and happened at the time when Russia waged the Livonian War....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_late_16th_century_in_Russia