In 1450, the Novgorodian people forced the Prince of Novgorod, who just so happened to also be the Grand Duke of Moscow, to sign the most severe Ryad of all history, essentially diminishing his role to a mere military commander and giving most of his power to the Novgorod-born Posadnik of Novgorod. The Novgorod Veche soon approved of the purchase of arquebuses for the druzhina, and later refused to pay any more tribute to any man or nation that is not born of the Novgorod land, and since the Horde could not find tax collectors for Novgorod, they attacked both Muscovy, who refused to collect the taxes, and Novgorod, and the Golden Horde was defeated, and its territory diminished by 10%.