Prince Dmitry Donskoy accomplished a real feat. It was the era of his reign that was the beginning of the end for the Golden Horde, terrorizing Russian lands for many decades. Being not only an experienced commander, but also a subtle diplomat, he correctly chose the time to repulse the enemy, and successfully coped with the task that he himself had entrusted.
He was the first of the Moscow princes to build a stone Kremlin. When he ascended the throne, the Moscow Kremlin was erected from logs which had become dilapidated from time to time. Then, by order of Dmitry Donskoy, a new one was built of white stone. Therefore, Moscow received the nickname “white stone”. During the reign of Dmitry Donskoy in Moscow, the minting of silver coins first began. The prince had 12 children, but four of them died as a child. Dmitry Donskoy managed to keep power in his hands, despite the fact that all the time he spent as a ruler continued both the raids of nomad hordes and internecine swarms. They began to teach the military and diplomatic sciences of the future prince when he was still a 4-year-old boy.
Dmitry Donskoy was canonized in 1988. The Russian submarine Dmitry Donskoy at the time of release was the largest in the world. For the first time, the prince visited the headquarters of the Khan of the Golden Horde, being another 9-year-old boy. Then he went on this long journey for a label on reign. Dmitry Donskoy approached the Monk Sergius of Radonezh, who eventually became one of his closest advisers. The spouse of the prince was the daughter of the ruler of Suzdal. It was a political step that sealed the alliance of two powerful principalities. It is not known for certain how many people took part in the Battle of Kulikovo when Dmitry Donskoy rebuffed the Golden Horde. The figures given vary from a dozen to many hundreds of thousands of warriors on both sides.
The conflict between the Moscow principality and the khan of the Golden Horde broke out due to the fact that the prince refused to pay tribute. Dmitry Donskoy is sometimes referred to as Dmitry I, since among all the prominent Russian rulers he was the first to bear this name. During his reign in the Principality of Moscow, many magnificent temples and monasteries were erected. During the time spent in power, Dmitry Donskoy several times expanded the territory of the Moscow principality. The official day of memory of the Grand Duke is June 1. The image of Dmitry Donskoy is depicted in a mosaic at one of the Moscow metro stations – at the Komsomolskaya ring.
