Ivan III begins his reign with an attack on the Khanate of Kazan.

A refresher on the situation as Ivan III takes over and begins his annexations.

Vasily II is succeeded by his son Ivan III as Moscow reaches a turning point.

After decades in decline, the Horde breaks up into new khanates.

Jogaila’s death means that Poland also has to choose a successor. The situation gets complicated.

The death of Vytautas with no clear successor lined up gives Jogaila another headache.

Jogaila gets himself a young wife and finally has a son, while Sigismund of Luxembourg comes up with an interesting proposal for Vyatautas.

After Yuri Dmitryevich’s death, his sons make their own bids for the throne of Moscow.

With the death of Vasily I, Moscow sees its first contested succession in generations.

Following their success at Tannenburg, Jogaila and Vytautas enter another agreement, this time more or less as equals. Does it create a genuine union, or an independent Lithuania? At the Council of Constance, Poland defeats the Teutonic Order again.