Simeon Ivanovich Gordyi (the Proud) (Семён Иванович Гордый in Russian;) (7 November 1316 - 27 April 1353), Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir, oldest son of Ivan Kalita. is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Pope John XXII elected to the papacy. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Events The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio. ... Coat of arms The growth of Muscovy-Russia. ... Population 315,954 (2002) Time zone Moscow (MSK/MSD), UTC +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD) Latitude/Longitude Vladimir (Russian: ) is an old city in Russia. ... Ivan I Danilovich Kalita (Иван I Данилович Калита in Russian)(? - March 31, 1340), Prince of Moscow (since 1325), Grand Prince of Vladimir (since 1328), son of Daniil Aleksandrovich (Prince of Moscow). ...

Semyon became the Grand Prince of Moscow in 1340 and a year later he was granted the Golden Horde's permission to rule Vladimir. His military campaign against the city of Torzhok in 1341 favored the strengthening of his princely authority over Novgorod. Ten years later, Semyon's army launched an attack against Smolensk. He continued his father's policies of supporting the Golden Horde and acting as its leading enforcer in Russia. Semyon was given more and more powers by the Khan to counter Lithuania's growing power that threatened the Mongols' dominance. Unlike most other Russian princes, Semyon remained completely loyal to the Horde. Events Europe has about 74 million inhabitants. ... The four successor Khanates of the Mongol Empire: Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty), Golden Horde, Il-Khanate and Chagatai Khanate The Golden Horde (Mongolian: Altan Ordyn Uls; Turkish: ; Tatar: ; Russian: ) was a Mongol[1][2][3][4] — later Turkicized[3] — khanate established in parts of present-day Russia... Population 315,954 (2002) Time zone Moscow (MSK/MSD), UTC +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD) Latitude/Longitude Vladimir (Russian: ) is an old city in Russia. ... General view of the town in the 1910s. ... Events The Queens College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is founded. ... Velikiy Novgorod (Russian: ) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the M10(E95) federal highway connecting Moscow and St. ... A view of Smolensk in 1912. ... Khan (sometimes spelled as Xan, Han, Ke-Han) is a title. ... The name Mongols (Mongolian: Mongol) specifies one or several ethnic groups. ...

Before his death in 1353, Semyon took monastic vows and took the name of Sozont. He and two of his sons died of pestilence. Semyon is buried in the Archangel Cathedral of Moscow Kremlin. Monastic vows are the public vows of poverty, chastity and obedience professed by the monks in the Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox tradition. ... Look up pestilence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Cathedral of the Archangel (Russian: Архангельский собор, or Arkhangelsky sobor) is the name of several cathedrals in Russia. ... The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Московский Кремль) is a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), Saint Basils Cathedral (often mistaken by westerners as the Kremlin) and Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west). ...