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Marfa Boretskaya



Marfa Boretskaya, also known as Martha the Mayoress (Russian: Марфа Посадница), was the wife of Isak Boretsky, Novgorod's posadnik. She led the republic's struggle against Muscovy between her husband's death and the city's eventual annexation by Ivan III of Russia.



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