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Muscovy or Moscovia (Russian: Моско́вия, romanized: Moskoviya) is an alternative name for the Principality of Moscow (1263–1547) and the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721).
It may also refer to:
- Muscovy Company, an English trading company chartered in 1555
- Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) and Domestic Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata domestica)
- Moscovia (region), a historical region in central Russia
- Muscovy glass, or muscovite, a mineral
- Muscovy, a fictional "parallel world" Russia in Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials
See also
[edit]- Moscobia Convent, a convent established by the Russian Orthodox Church in Ein Karem
- Moskovia Airlines, a defunct Russian airline
- Moskal, a designation used for the residents of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Russia, currently an ethnic slur