Fedor Andreevich Kobylin, byname "Koshka" ("the Cat") () (died 1407), was the youngest son of

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and progenitor of the

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and

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family. He was a senior

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in the

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Dmitri Donskoi Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy (; 12 October 1350 – 19 May 1389) was Prince of Moscow from 1359 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1363 until his death. He was the heir of Ivan II. He was the first prince of Moscow to openly challenge Mongol a ...

and his son

Vasili I of Russia Vasily I Dmitriyevich (; 30 December 137127 February 1425) was Grand Prince of Vladimir and Moscow from 1389. He was the heir of Dmitry Donskoy, who reigned from 1359 to 1389. He entered an alliance with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1392 an ...

. According to some sources, Koshka governed

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during Dmitry's absence in the

Battle of Kulikovo The Battle of Kulikovo () was fought between the forces of Mamai, a powerful Mongol military commander of the Golden Horde, and Russian forces led by Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy, Dmitry of Moscow. The battle took place on 8 September 1380, at Ku ...

. In 1393, he was recorded as negotiating with

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for peace. His cautious approach towards the Tatars was praised by

Edigu Edigu (also Edigey, Eðivkäy or Edege Mangit; 1352–1419) was a Turko-Mongol emir of the White Horde who founded a new political entity, which came to be known as the Nogai Horde. Life Edigu was from the Crimean Manghit tribe, the son of ...

in his 1407 letter to Vasili I. It is believed that Fyodor died about that date. His daughters Anna and Akulina married respectively a Prince of

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and a Prince of Mikulin, while his granddaughter Maria married Yaroslav of

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, father-in-law of

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. He had three sons: Ivan Fyodorovich Koshkin, Fedor Fedorovich Koshkin, and

Alexander Fyodorovich Koshkin Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are A ...

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