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Dmitry Shemyaka

d. 1453 · 15th century · Also known as Dmitry Yuryevich Shemyaka

Dmitry Yuryevich Shemyaka was a Russian prince of Galich, son of Yury of Zvenigorod, and a leading figure in the civil war over the throne of Moscow. He seized Moscow in 1446 and had his cousin Vasily II blinded, but was driven out within a year. After years of resistance from Galich and Novgorod he was poisoned in Novgorod in 1453.

Dmitry Shemyaka
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Principality of Mozhaysk

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