Russian sources Battle of the Neva



battle of neva contributed alexander s later sainthood.



swedes came great army, , norwegians , finns , tavastians ships in great numbers, swedes prince , bishops, , stayed on neva, @ mouth of izhora, willing take ladoga, , put short, novgorod , of lands. still protected merciful, man-loving god , sheltered foreign people, , word came novgorod swedes sailing ladoga; prince alexander did not hesitate @ all, went against them novgorodians , people of ladoga , overcame them of saint sophia , through prayers of our lady, mother of god , virgin mary, 15 july, in memory of kirik , ulita, on sunday, (the same day that) 630 holy fathers held meeting in chalcedon; , there great gathering of swedes; , leader called spiridon killed there; claimed bishop slain; , great number of them fell; , when had loaded 2 ships bodies of high-born men, let them sail sea; others, unnumbered, cast pit, buried, , many others wounded; , same night fled, without waiting monday light, shame. of novgorodians there fell: konstantin lugotinitch, yuryata pinyashchinich, namest drochilo, nesdylov son of kozhevnik, including people of ladoga 20 men or less, god knows. prince alexander came home novgorodians , people of ladoga, well, protected god , saint sophia , prayers of holy men.



a 16th-century version of battle gave plenty of additional details, expanding conflict biblical proportions, otherwise following earlier described developments.


prince alexander yaroslavich nicknamed nevsky (of neva) first significant victory. 2 years later, alexander stalled invasion of livonian knights during battle on ice. despite victories, there no novgorodian advances further west finland or estonia.








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