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Alexander Nevski

American  
[al-ig-zan-der nev-skee, nef-, -zahn-, uh-lyi-ksahn-der nyef-skyee] / ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˈnɛv ski, ˈnɛf-, -ˈzɑn-, ʌ ljɪˈksɑn dər ˈnjɛf skji /

noun

  1. Aleksandr Nevski, 1220?–63, Russian prince, national hero, and saint.


Alexander Nevski British  
/ -ˈnɛvskɪ, -ˈnjɛfskij, ˈnɛf- /

noun

  1. Saint. ?1220–63, Russian prince and military leader, who defeated the Swedes at the River Neva (1240) and the Teutonic knights at Lake Peipus (1242)

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In 1894 the Russian government, then ruling Warsaw and Poland, erected the magnificent Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Alexander Nevski, far larger than the Catholic Cathedral of St. John.

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Just the same, when the royal train arrived at Sofia, the route from the railway station to the Alexander Nevski Cathedral was guarded by a triple line of soldiery.

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In 1237, it was burned by the Tartars and the real founder was Daniel, a son of Alexander Nevski.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton

The death of Alexander Nevski was a heavy blow to Russia.

From The Story of Russia by R. Van Bergen

By the orders of his great successor his bones repose in the monastery of Alexander Nevski.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

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