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“Whoever
comes to us with a sword, from a sword will perish.” – Alexander Nevsky
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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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