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| Keywords: Sofia vitvtovna.jpg At the wedding of Vasilii the Dark Sofia Vitovtovna pulls the belt from Prince Vasilii Kosoi This work was painted by Pavel Chistyakov in 1861 and won him the Gold Medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts Now it may be seen in the State Russian Museum The Great Feudal War in Muscovy started on the day of Vasili II's wedding February 8 1433 His mother Sofia Vitovtovna present at the wedding recognized that Vasily the Cross-Eyed wore a golden belt which had formerly belonged to her father-in-law Dmitry Donskoi Accusing Vasili of stealing she solemnly pulled the belt from the bewildered prince Disgusted with such a greed on Sofia's part Vasili's father Yuriy of Zvenigorod left the capital and declared the war Originally uploaded as en Image Sofia vitvtovna jpg by en User Ghirlandajo PD-old-100 Sofia Vitovtovna with the belt Chistyakov Artworks missing infobox template | ||||
