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Vasily Kosoy

d. 1448 · 15th century · Also known as Vasily Yuryevich

Vasily Kosoy was a son of Yury of Zvenigorod and a contender in the Muscovite civil war of 1425–1453. After his father's death in 1434 he briefly claimed Moscow, but he was defeated by his cousin Vasily II, captured in 1436 and blinded, from which he gained his nickname, 'the Squint-eyed'. He died in captivity in 1448, while his brother Dmitry Shemyaka continued the struggle.

Vasily Kosoy
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