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The
sword of Russia
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SOURCE: http://www.slideshare.net/lodgek/novgorod]
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"Whoever will come to us with a sword, from a sword will perish."
Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Яросла́вич
Не́вский; pronounced [ɐlʲɪˈksandr jɪrɐˈslavʲɪtɕ ˈnʲɛfskʲɪj] (listen);
Ukrainian:
Олександр Ярославович Не́вський);
13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod,
Grand Prince of
Kiev and Grand
Prince of Vladimir during some of the most difficult times in Kievan Rus' history.
Commonly
regarded as a key figure of medieval Rus', Alexander - the grandson of Vsevolod the Big
Nest - rose to legendary status on account of his military victories
over German and Swedish invaders while agreeing to pay tribute to the powerful Golden Horde. He was canonized as a saint
of the Russian Orthodox
Church by Metropolite
Macarius in 1547. Popular polls rank Alexander Nevsky as the
greatest Russian hero in history.
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