Ivan the Great was at odds with his brothers

Ivan returned to Novgorod numerous times during the following few years after defeating the Novgorod army, torturing a number of young pro-Lithuanian men and seizing their properties. More than half of Novgorod's land was taken by Ivan, who kept half for himself and distributed the other half to his supporters.

However, Ivan refused to share his conquests with his brothers, and his subsequent interference in the internal politics of the successor states led to be odds with his brothers. His brothers Andrei the Elder and Boris were enraged by this. They often initiated battles with Ivan with the help of Lithuania. They made many attempts to seize the authority but in vain. Both conflicts were won by Ivan.

Ivan had four brothers. On September 12, 1472, Yury, the oldest, passed away childless. He just had a draft will, and it made no mention of his holdings. Ivan's surviving brothers were furious when he grabbed the property, but he made them feel better by giving them some.

In February and September of 1473, Boris and Andrei the Elder signed contracts with Vasily. When they broke their promise to each other's territories and to refrain from doing business covertly with foreigners in 1480, they fled to Lithuania. No specific records exist today that would indicate whether Andrei the Younger signed the pact or not. Ivan received the estate after his death in 1481. Ivan detained Andrei the Elder in 1491 because he had refused to support the Crimean Khanate in its fight against the Golden Horde. In 1493, he passed away in custody, and Ivan claimed his territory. The sole sibling who may have left the estate to his sons, Boris, passed away in 1494. However, when they passed away in 1503 and 1515, respectively, their territories were given to the tsar.