The monument is more than 20 meters tall and was built to mark the 800th anniversary since Alexander Nevsky’s birth SAMOLVA VILLAGE /Pskov Region/, September 12. /TASS/. Russian President ...

Russia’s FSB security service said on Friday ... during the opening ceremony of the monument to Prince Alexander Nevsky and His Guard at the supposed location of 1224 Battle on Ice, also known ...

the nation called the saint Alexander Nevsky. The Teutonic Knights remained a dangerous enemy. In a lightning-quick campaign in 1241 Saint Alexander recaptured the ancient Russian fortress of Kopore, ...

North Korean troops and undisciplined Russian soldiers with ethics that would make Alexander Nevsky and Georgy Zhukov turn in their graves. The folly works at several levels. One is mythology.

The Russian team’s chief coach Stanislav Cherchesov was bestowed with the Alexander Nevsky Order, while the Order of Honor was awarded to goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev and central defender Sergey ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church had some chilling ... Patriarch compared the president to the medieval ruler of Alexander Nevsky who was known for his military victories.

It was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1946 and has remained active since. The church has preserved various ancient icons, including those of Saint Alexander Nevsky and Saint Mary ...

First Vice-President of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Mehriban Aliyeva, along with her daughters, Leyla Aliyeva and Arzu Aliyeva, visited the Alexander Nevsky Russian ...

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Nevsky Prospekt finally ends at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery ... Stop by the area's Russian Museum, which houses the world's largest collection of Russian art, or the Tauride Palace and Gardens ...

Movie"The mighty epic of 13th Century Russia...of the "Battle on the Ice" when the invading German hordes led by the Teutonic Knights were driven from the soil of Russia - forever." ...