Great Stand on the Ugra River
Akhmat withdraws without a fight — by tradition, the yoke ends
The armies of Grand Prince Ivan III and Khan Akhmat of the Great Horde faced each other across the Ugra River for weeks until Akhmat withdrew without battle. The event traditionally marks the end of the Tatar yoke over Russia.
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Did you know
The Horde's rule over Rus' ended with the Great Stand on the Ugra in 1480 — only 12 years before Columbus reached the Americas.
Rus threw off the Horde in 1480 and Spain completed the Reconquista in 1492: two centuries-long struggles ended almost together.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1492 Fall of Granada — 12 years later
- 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas — 14 years later
Middle East
- 1501 Founding of Safavid Iran — 21 years later
Africa
- 1488 Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope — 8 years later
Asia
- 1498 Vasco da Gama reaches India — 18 years later
Americas
- 1492 Columbus reaches the Americas — 12 years later
Alive at the time
- Mehmed II (aged 48)
- Christopher Columbus (aged 29)
- Leonardo da Vinci (aged 28)
- Nicolaus Copernicus (aged 7)
- Michelangelo (aged 5)
- Louis XI (aged 57)
- Ashikaga Yoshimasa (aged 44)
- Ivan III (aged 40)
- Isabella I of Castile (aged 29)
- Richard III (aged 28)