Background
A grandson of Ivan Kalita, Vladimir inherited Serpukhov, Borovsk, and a third part of Moscow from his brother at the age of 5.
A grandson of Ivan Kalita, Vladimir inherited Serpukhov, Borovsk, and a third part of Moscow from his brother at the age of 5.
Pursuant to the treaty, Vladimir helped Dmitry to fight Tver (1375), Ryazan (1385), the Livonian Knights (1379), and the Republic of Novgorod (1392). In 1377, Vladimir sacked the Severian towns of Trubchevsk and Starodub. In the great Battle of Kulikovo (1380) Vladimir commanded cavalry which decided the Russian victory.
When Tokhtamysh invaded Russia two years later, Vladimir defeated his force near Volokolamsk.
Later, he exchanged these towns for Gorodets, Uglich, and Kozelsk, while forfeiting his claims to Murom and Tarusa. He died two years later and was interred in the Archangel Cathedral.
The last of Vladimir"s male-line descendants died in 1521.
In 1374, anxious to defend his capital, Vladimir built the first oaken kremlin in Serpukhov. Vladimir"s last military campaign was to defend Moscow against the horde of Edigu in 1408.