This alternate (or revised) history article is about Russian Renaissance man Ivan Petrov, who was born into serfdom, rose to become a prominent scholar, and brought the Renaissance to Russia in 1395 after spending some years in Florence, Italy, including four years with Luciano Marrone.
As a result of Petrov bringing the Renaissance to Russia, the Grand Principality of Moscow adopts Western culture and incorporates all other Russian city-states, forming a united country. Russia then proceeds to join forces with the major powers of Western Europe, particularly the Italian and German city-states, Spain, France, and England, to spread the Renaissance and Western culture to the rest of Europe, including Greece. Additionally, the Mongols, who had ruled what is now modern Russia since the early 1200s, are kicked out during the late 1390s.
As a side note, Russia becomes a major European power by around 1400. Alongside the expansion of Russia’s territory under rulers such as Ivan the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and Peter the Great, Russia’s status as a major power solidifies further, and even further during the reign of Catherine the Great.