 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Zvinoenderana ne1456 Chibvumirano cheYazhelbitsy, iyo Novgorod Republic yakave yakazvimiririra neGrand Duchy yeMoscow haina kubvumidzwa kuitisa yakazvimiririra yekune dzimwe nyika. Mukuedza kuwanazve kuzvitonga, Novgorod yakatanga nhaurirano dzechibvumirano chinorwisana neMuscovite naCasimir IV Jagiellon, Grand Duke weLithuania. Kwakataurwa munhoroondo inonzi yakanyorwa mu archiepiscopal scriptorium pakati pemakore ekuma1470 kuti Mikhailo, semutongi waCasimir IV, akasvika muNovgorod pakutanga kuzoroora Marfa Boretskaya, matriarch weboka reLithuanian muguta kana kuti zvimwe kuti aroore nemunhu asina kutaurwa zita reLithuanian. Moscow vakapomera Novgorod kwete chete kwokuputsa chibvumirano chezvematongerwe enyika, asiwo chitendero kutengesa: paivawo kupomerwa kuti muchato angadai Novgorod akaunza kuna chiKaturike, asi Gail Lenhoff uye Janet Martin nharo kuti pro-Lithuanian, pro-Catholic kupomerwa vari zvikuru fungidziro uye, zvirokwazvo, kashoma chaizvo. Mikhailo akanga ari weOrthodox sezvakanga zvakaita Marfa Boretskaya uye iye nomunununa wake vaiva nemisiyano yakasimba yemafungiro naCasimir IV Jagiellon. Mikhailo akapinda muNovgorod musi waNovember 8, 1470 aine boka guru revanhu uye akaramba ari muguta kusvikira musi waMarch 15, 1471. Mutumbi wake mukuru waibatanidza Skhariya Zekariah muJudha, uyo akawana vateveri muNovgorod. Kutsauka pakutenda kwakapararira kubva ikoko kuenda kuMoscow muna 1479 apo Muchinda Mukuru Ivan III akatamisira vapristi vanoverengeka vakatsauka pakutenda kuMoscow. Nyaya yacho yakapera apo Mikhailo akabva muguta uye Ivan III akakunda vaNovgorodians muHondo yeShelonmuna July 1471. Muna 1478, Moscow yakatora guta racho zvakananga. 