— The process of uniting small, independent lands under a single supreme authority (the main theme of the lesson).
— The first all-Russian set of laws issued in 1497 to unify legal standards across the country. — The process of uniting small, independent lands
— The name of the Grand Duke (Ivan III) who officially took the title "Sovereign of All Russia". — The process of uniting small
— Land granted to noblemen specifically for their military service to the Grand Duke. and one law code.
Centralization was the turning point where Russia stopped being a collection of competing principalities (like Tver or Novgorod) and became a single powerful entity with one ruler, one army, and one law code.