Muscovy

Muscovy is an alternative name for the Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263–1547), the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721), or (rarely) the Russian Empire (1721–1917). 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)
Muscovy glass, or muscovite, a mineral
Muscovy, a "parallel world" Russia in Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials

See also

Moscobia Convent, a convent established by the Russian Orthodox Church in Ein Karem
Moskovia Airlines, a defunct Russian airline

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