Alexander Nevsky – a symbol of Russia.
Who was interested in Old Russian literature, that knows about "The legend on life of Alexander Nevsky" – one of outstanding monuments of the XIII century in which the author, metropolitan Kirill, summing up all life of Alexander Nevsky, all his activity state, military, diplomatic in the West and the East, shortly, but capaciously told: "I won, but it was invincible". Such it also became history of the country, in people history.
The greatest military victories of Russia: Nevsky fight, Ice slaughter, Kulikovsky fight, Poltava fight, A.Suvorov's victories, Borodino etc. The list is great, as well as the country. But, pay the attention, the dear friends, two of them are made by one person — Alexander Nevsky! The glory of Sacred Alexander Nevsky is so great. And who doesn't remember the well-known words from the movie "Alexander Nevsky": "Who to us with a sword will come, from a sword and will be lost"? There is in Russia no person who wouldn't know this name. And to those ignoramuses who knows лишне will be to remind though if you are a Christian, regularly visiting church services in the temple, you know that Alexander Nevsky is canonized. It was made a church cathedral в1547 to year.
To understand for what merits it received so high memory in the hearts of Russians, it is necessary to track history of his life and on concrete examples to be convinced, for what chose it the Sacred, worthy symbol of Russia.
Sources of all lie in the childhood.
Prince Alexander was the second son of pereyaslavsky prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, grandson Yury Vladimirovich Dolgoruky, great-grandson Vladimir Monomakh. It was the straight line from Rurik. Feodosiya Mstislavovna – the daughter of the well-known toropetsky prince Mstislav Udalogo ("What genes was his mother! " - we would tell now. ) Perhaps, from the grandfather he heard how it is separate the Russian princes acted on Kalka as each of them stood up only for himself, without helping another.
Yaroslav Vsevolodovich had big authority on Novgorod the Bike. And as we know from history, the Novgorod and Pskov lands only remained independent and free and almost avoided attacks of the Golden Horde from the East and crusaders from the West. Young Alexander saw how the father with a victory came back from campaigns to Swedes, Germans, and Lithuanians. Leaving Novgorod, Yaroslav Vsevolodovich quite often left instead of himself to reign Alexander. For the first time Alexander appeared in Novgorod in 1222 - 1223. At that time Yaroslav received the invitation to reigning to Novgorod and went there all family. In some years Novgorodians invited again to themselves to Yaroslav's reigning. B1228 to year it left the city, having left there in power the juvenile sons. So at seven-year age Alexander was put for the first time on independent reigning, certainly, by means of fatherly advisers. In Novgorod the distemper began and juvenile governors ran from the city. Soon Alexander's brother died. In 1234 young Alexander participated in fight for Yuryev also. Battle with knights happened in the winter. Novgorodians оттесн))))))))))))))))))))))))