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Alexander Nevsky. St. Alexander Grand Prince of Vladmir. By: Hailey, Gracelyn , Maggie, Lauren, Lily, and Wyatt. “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.”
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Alexander Nevsky St. Alexander Grand Prince of Vladmir By: Hailey, Gracelyn, Maggie, Lauren, Lily, and Wyatt
“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
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 Livonian Brothers of the Sword
Nevsky’s Continued Victories Lithuanians Mediation with Mongols • Modus Vivendi • Chudskoyebattle
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
Family • Four Sons, none of which succeeded him. • Daniel, Prince of Moscow • Wife, who goes relatively unnamed
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
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
Works Cited Cont’d • Neilsky, . "St. Alexander Nevsky." NevskyProspekt. Bravenet, n.d. Web. 26 Nov 2012. <http://www.nevsky-prospekt.com/stalex.html>. • Dmitriev, Oleg. "Prominent Russians: Alexander Nevsky." (2012): n.pag. Web. 21 Nov 2012. <http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/history-and-mythology/aleksandr-nevsky/>. Photos: • http://russia-ic.com/people/general/n/519 • http://myfamilyclans.com/exhibits/alexander_nevsky_statue.jpg • http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1002/719180527_7f4cef05a9.jpg • http://www.parallelsixty.com/history-russia.shtml • http://russiasperiphery.blogs.wm.edu/central-asia/general/golden-horde/ • http://i.infoplease.com/images/mrussia.gif • http://www.alphastoredesign.com/search-images/www.holytrinitystore.com/page50.html • http://www.pskovgo.narod.ru/pskov/nevsky_monum.htm • http://tolstoywarpeace.blogspot.com/2010/04/battle-of-ice-1242.html • http://english.ruvr.ru/2008/12/29/231740.html