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After the defection of Tver to Lithuania the Khan of the Golden Horde was forced to rely on Ivan as his preeminent Russian vassal. Ivan was the Mongol's leading tax collector and made himself and Moscow very wealthy by maintaining his loyalty to the Horde (hence, the nickname Kalita, or moneybag). He used this wealth to give loans to neighbouring Russian principalities. These cities gradually fell deeper and deeper into debt, a condition that would allow Ivan's successors to annex them. Ivan's greatest success, however, was convincing the Khan in Saray that his son should succeed him as Grand Prince of Vladimir, from then on the important position always belonged to the ruling house of Moscow.
| Preceded by: YuriYuri Danilovich in Russian)( unknown 11. 1325), Prince of Moscow ( 1303 1325) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (since 1317), oldest son of Daniel. Yuri Danilovich made the town of Mozhaisk and other lands a part of the Muscovy. He had been fighting with the P | Grand Prince of MoscowAt different times, a ruler in Ruthenia/ Kievan Rus'/ Muscovy/early Russia/ Imperial Russia beared the title of Kniaz (translated as Duke or Prince), Velikiy Kniaz (translated as Grand Duke, Grand Prince or Great Prince), Tsar, Emperor. The Patriarchs, he | Succeeded by: SemeonSimeon Ivanovich Gordiy in Russian; Gordiy means "proud") ( 1316 1353), Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir, oldest son of Ivan Kalita. Simeon became the Grand Prince of Moscow in 1340 and a year later he was granted the Golden Horde's permission to rule |