Vernadsky about Dmitry Donskoy (1359–1379)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2025-2-144-151
Abstract
Aim. To show that the historian G. V. Vernadsky examined all the challenges to the Muscovite state in the second half of the 14th century and revealed the feat of Dmitry Donskoy who responded to them.
Methodology. When conducting the study, a comparative historical method was used, as well as methods for generalizing and interpreting the results. When applying the comparative-historical method, both logical and structural-typological aspects were used. The comparative historical method was applied by the author of the article in the study of historical works devoted to the triangle "Moscow – Tver – Lithuania" in 1368–1375.
Results. The article shows that the historian G. V. Vernadsky analyzed all the dangers to the sovereignty of the Moscow state in the second half of the 14th century and demonstrated the military and diplomatic power of the Great Russian statesman.
Research implications. The article shows how deeply G. V. Vernadsky studied the era of Dmitry Donskoy and expands the understanding of the scale of the activities of the Moscow prince Dmitry Ivanovich two decades before the Battle of Kulikovo.
About the Author
O. A. Cheremnykh
Federal State University of Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oleg A. Cheremnykh – Cand. Sci. (History), Assoc. Prof., Department of Methods of Teaching History and Social Science
ul. Radio 10A, Moscow 105005
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