Saint Alexander Nevsky: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Aleksandr Yaroslavich • Aleksandr Nevsky
Born c.1220 • Vladimir
Died November 14, 1263 • Russia • (Anniversary tomorrow)
House / Dynasty Rurik dynasty
Role In Battle of the Neva

Photos


Oil painting of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, shown from the waist up wearing armor and a sash, with one hand resting on a cane, against a dark background.
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov.
Mikhail Kutuzov
Russian military commander
Grigory Potemkin
Grigory Potemkin
Russian statesman
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Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich
Russian military officer
Aleksey Andreyevich, Graf Arakcheyev
Aleksey Andreyevich, Graf Arakcheyev
Russian general and statesman
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Andrey Mikhaylovich, Prince Kurbsky
Russian military commander
Grigory Grigoryevich, Count Orlov
Grigory Orlov
Russian military officer
Yemelyan Pugachov
Yemelyan Pugachev
Russian leader
Skobelev, engraving
Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev
Russian military officer
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Hans Karl von Diebitsch
Russian military officer