Alexander NevskySt. 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

• 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

Works Cited Cont’d

Neilsky, . "St. Alexander Nevsky." Nevsky Prospekt. 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