Because of this victory at the River Neva on July 15, 1240, the nation called the saint Alexander Nevsky. The Teutonic Knights remained a dangerous enemy. In a lightning-quick campaign in 1241 Saint ...

Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky was the Prince of Novgorod, the Grand Prince of Kiev, and the Grand Prince of Vladimir. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church and made a saint.

TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday attended a ceremony to unveil a monument to Russian medieval prince and saint Alexander Nevsky in northwestern Russia’s Pskov Region on Saturday.

Also on December 6, another monument to Alexander Nevsky will be unveiled in the Montenegrin town of Niksic. The monuments to Nevsky are the first sculptural depiction of the Russian saint on the ...

The Cathedral and the city of Sofia beyond.Credit: iStock Take a deep breath, then step into the cool, dark interiors of St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, where rich incense burns in great brass ...

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Nevsky Prospekt finally ends at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, constructed under Peter the Great in 1710 to shelter the relics of the patron saint of St. Petersburg. Main attractions along Nevsky ...