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2 unusual facts about Ivan Belsky


Daniel, Metropolitan of Moscow

During the struggle between the Shuisky family and prince Ivan Belsky in 1538, Daniel supported the latter, for which he would be defrocked a year later by the Shuiskys.

Grand Church of the Winter Palace

Rastrelli was personally in charge of the three-tier iconostasis where the icons were painted by Ivan Belsky with brothers and Ivan Vishnyakov.



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Shuysky

Upon the death of Vasily III's widow, Elena Glinskaya, he challenged the authority of Prince Ivan Belsky, procured his incarceration, married Anastasia of Kazan (Ivan III's granddaughter), and proclaimed himself regent for Vasily III's heir, the young Ivan IV, in 1538.