Life of Alexander Nevsky

Life of Alexander Nevsky

:"See Life of Alexander Nevsky (illuminated manuscript) for the 16th century work.""Life of Alexander Nevsky" ("Житие Александра Невского" in Russian, or Zhitiye Aleksandra Nevskogo), a Russian literary monument of the late 13th — early 14th centuries.

The work describes life and achievements of Alexander Nevsky, a Russian ruler and a military leader, who defended the northern borders of Rus against the Swedish invasion, defeated the Teutonic knights at the Lake Chud in 1242 and paid a few visits to Batu Khan to protect the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality from the Khazar raids. "Life..." is filled with patriotic spirit and achieves a high degree of artistic expressiveness in its description of Alexander's heroic deeds and those of his warriors.

External links

* [http://www.ido.edu.ru/ffec/hist/chrest/X_7.html Translation into modern Russian by the Federal Fund of Science Courses]
* [http://files.predanie.ru/mp3/tihvinskii_monastyr/Nevsky.mp3 Audio recording of the full text]


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