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KALUGA REGION, RUSSIA - JULY 14, 2018: Women in traditional armour participate in a historical re-enactment staged as part of the 1480 Great Ugra Standoff Festival in the Kaluga Region; the 1480 Great Stand on the Ugra River was a standoff between the hosts of Khan Akhmat of the Tatar-Mongol Great Horde and Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow (Muscovy), considered an important milestone in liberation of the future Russia from the Mongol rule. Alexander Shcherbak/TASS (Photo by Alexander Shcherbak\TASS via Getty Images)

KALUGA REGION, RUSSIA - JULY 14, 2018: Women in traditional armour participate in a historical re-enactment staged as part of the 1480 Great Ugra Standoff Festival in the Kaluga Region; the 1480 Great Stand on the Ugra River was a standoff between the hosts of Khan Akhmat of the Tatar-Mongol Great Horde and Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow (Muscovy), considered an important milestone in liberation of the future Russia from the Mongol rule. Alexander Shcherbak/TASS (Photo by Alexander Shcherbak\TASS via Getty Images)