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How did Ivan III influence the development of Russia? Select all that apply.

He ended tribute payments to the Mongols.
He was the first Russian leader to covert to Orthodox Christianity.
He named himself tsar.
He built the city of Kiev into a trading center
He brought in foreign architects to rebuild Moscow.

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Correct choices:
- He ended tribute payments to the Mongols.
- He brought in foreign architects to rebuild Moscow.

Notes:
- Ivan III (the Great) stopped paying tribute after the 1480 standoff with the Golden Horde and effectively ended Mongol dominance over Moscow.
- He imported Italian and other Western architects to rebuild the Kremlin and construct churches and fortifications.
- He was not the first Russian to convert to Orthodox Christianity (that was Prince Vladimir in 988).
- The first Russian ruler formally crowned "tsar" was Ivan IV (the Terrible) in 1547.
- He did not build Kiev into a trading center; his power base and building projects were in Moscow.