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Alexander Nevsky St. Alexander Nevsky Grand Prince of Vladimir. By. Hailey, Gracelyn, Lily, Maggie, Lauren, and Wyatt. Life, Legacy, and Purpose. Accommodation to the Golden Horde Support and protection for Russian Orthodoxy Strict defense of Novgorod Silver tomb in Leningrad
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Alexander NevskySt. Alexander NevskyGrand Prince of Vladimir By. Hailey, Gracelyn, Lily, Maggie, Lauren, and Wyatt
Life, Legacy, and Purpose • Accommodation to the Golden Horde • Support and protection for Russian Orthodoxy • Strict defense of Novgorod • Silver tomb in Leningrad • Mongols eventually withdraw from Russia
Family • Four Sons, none of which succeeded him. • Daniel, Prince of Moscow • Wife, who goes relatively unnamed
Military Expeditions • Three main military victories: • Swedes to the north on the Neva River • Teutonic Knights (Livonian Brothers of the Sword) • Lithuanians
Victory over the Swedes -Neva River -Boris Chorikov
Defeating the Teutonic Knights Lake Peipus (Chud’) Livonian Brothers of the Sword
Nevsky’s Continued Victories -Lithuanians -Mediation with Mongols -Modus Vivendi -Chudskoye battle
Political Victories Battle of Neva and his revenge on the Swedes Peace Treaty after Livonian invasion Treaty with the Golden Horde Grand Prince of Vladimir
“Without the command of God there would not have been this prince.” • “Fight me if you have the courage, for I am already here and I am taking your land.” • “The power of God is not in numbers, but in truth.” • Nevsky (of the Neva) • Great Battle of the Ice
Alexander Nevsky post-Grand Prince of Vladimir Gave up title to become a monk WWII symbol of Russian resistance to German invasion Monuments throughout Russia in his honor
The Legacy • Unselfish defender of Russia and its people • Victory against the Swedes, the Lithuanians, and the Teutonic Knights • Modus vivendi with Mongolian overlords
Works Cited • Windhausen, John D. "Saint Alexander Nevsky." Great Lives From History: The Middle Ages (2005): 1.Biography Reference Center. Web. 29 Oct. 2012. • “Encyclopedia of World Biography on Alexander Nevsky.” Book Rags. Thomson Gale, 2005-2006. Web. 25 November 2012. • Alexander Nevsky. (2011). Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, 1. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.lrc-proxy.abtech.edu/ehost/detail?sid=1621c606-a3b1-44a4-9a31-41f95ce9f5f7%40sessionmgr14&vid=4&hid=4&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=39043032 • The Battle on the Ice. (2006). Russian Life, 49(2), 20-22 Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.lrc- proxy.abtech.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=1621c606-a3b1-44a4-9a31-41f95ce9f5f7%40sessionmgr14&vid=4&hid=109 • Life of St. Alexander Nevsky (nd) Retrieved on November 21, 2012 from http://members.tripod.com/~shtyetz_john/life-of-st-alexander.html • O'Reilly, D. (2004). Aleksandr Nevsky RUSSIA'S SAVIOR. Military History, 21(1), 58-80. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.lrc-proxy.abtech.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=12&hid=3&sid=1621c606-a3b1-44a4-9a31-41f95ce9f5f7%40sessionmgr14
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