The Sudebnik of 1497 (Russian: Судебник 1497 года), also known as the Sudebnik of Ivan III (Russian: Судебник Ивана III), was a collection of laws introduced by Ivan III in 1497. It played a big part in the centralisation of the Russian state, the creation of all-Russian legislation, and the elimination of feudal fragmentation.[1][2][3][4] It was later replaced by the Sudebnik of 1550 under Ivan IV.[5][6]
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Ivan III in his own time already had the reputation of the builder of the Russian state... The consolidation of Russia as a state was not just a territorial issue, for Ivan also began the development of a state apparatus...
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Although it was the first major piece of all-Russian legislation since several centuries, covering a wide range of topics subject to the secular courts, it should not be regarded as a code in the modern sense
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- ^ The American Slavic and East European Review 1956 Volume XV. 1963. p. 338.