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After the decline of Byzantine empire, Moscow's most successor person was ivan III. He ruled most of the byzantine as well as russian territories. He also married the niece of the last emperor of the byzantine empire. he also adapted the culture, religion, and the symbol of the byzantine empire. so, it is called as the third rome or compared as the empire of rome.

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