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	Saint Alexander Nevsky - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		SAINT ALEXANDER NEVSKY (1220-1263), grand-duke of Vladimir, was the second son of the grand-duke Yarosla y.
		At an early age he distinguished himself in constant warfare with the Germans, Swedes and Lithuanians, who tried to wrest Novgorod and Pskov from Russia while she was still suffering from the effects of the terrible Tatar invasion.
		On the death of his father (1246) Alexander and his younger brother Andrew went on a two years' journey into Mongolia to obtain their yarluiki, or letters of investiture, from the Grand Khan, who then disposed of the fate of all the Russian princes.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Saint_Alexander_Nevsky (546 words)

	Life of St. Alexander Nevsky
		His parents, real country nobility, were very devout, they contributed to the adornment of the cathedral and of a monastery established nearby on a hill and they were present at all the divine services celebrated in a small chapel which was connected with their residence by a wooden arcade.
		Alexander was scarcely three years old when his father was elected prince of Novgorod and went to live two leagues away from this ever unruly city in order to preside over its fortunes.
		Alexander, called on to reign and to fight, henceforth devoted his whole life to the service of the nation; bowing to the divine will he sacrificed himself for the common good.
	members.tripod.com /~shtyetz_john/life-of-st-alexander.html (2446 words)

	Life of Alexander Nevsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Life of Alexander Nevsky" (Житие Александра Невского in Russian, or Zhitiye Aleksandra Nevskogo), a Russian literary monument of the late 13th — early 14th centuries.
		The work describes life and achievements of Alexander Nevsky, a Russian ruler and a military leader, who defended the northern borders of Rus against the Swedish invasion, defeated the Teutonic knights at the Lake Chud in 1242 and paid a few visits to Batu Khan to protect the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality from the Khazar raids.
		"Life..." is filled with patriotic spirit and achieves a high degree of artistic expressiveness in its description of Alexander's heroic deeds and those of his warriors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Life_of_Alexander_Nevsky (159 words)

	Systema UK - Russian martial art of Systema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alexander was taken to Novogrod,as a young child, where he witnessed firsthand the baneful effect of internal dissension as his father struggled with the proudly independent spirited boyars.
		The remaining course of his life as Grand Prince of Russia was spent in securing its western borders against persistent German campaigns, in subduing the Novgorodians' defiant opposition to the Khan's poll tax and in diplomatically placating the Khan’s anger which flared intermittently in response to indiscretions committed by the lesser princes.
		Although it was 200 years before Russia was free of Tatar control, Alexander’s skill and self-sacrificing devotion which he brought to the Herculean task set before him as ruler, and his commitment to the preservation of Orthodoxy at the core of a growing national consciousness, made him a hero of both historic and spiritual dimensions.
	www.systemauk.com /Hnevsky.htm (1166 words)

	Alexander Church Nevsky St (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in the end of XIX c.
		Alexander Nevsky Memorial-Church is an impressive five nave basilica of a.
		Cathedral (, hram-pametnik sveti Aleksandar Nevski) is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral.
	alexander-nevsky.klzuydg.com /alexander-church-nevsky-st.htm (397 words)

	Nevsky Prospekt Home
		Stretching from the historic Admiralty in the north to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, it is renowned for its splendid architecture and famous former patrons, like Tchaikovsky, Gogol, Rimsky-Korsakov and Nijinsky.
		Alexander Nevsky was a 13th century national hero who was given credit for defeating the separate Swedish and German invading armies.
		The newest bridge, the Alexander Nevsky Most, at the south eastern end of the Prospekt is the longest in the city (905.7 metres) and was built in the early 1960's.
	www.nevsky-prospekt.com /home.html (1083 words)

	Alexander Nevsky A PLAY FOR RADIO AND A PROKOFIEV UK PREMIÈRE.
		How Eisenstein's film Alexander Nevsky, in the improbable form of a BBC radio play, and Prokofiev's music became one part of the campaign to win over the minds and sympathies of the British public at one of the most critical moments of the Second World War, is the subject of this article.
		An admirer of the film-director Sergei Eisenstein, he had used the BBC copy of Alexander Nevsky as a model for visual composition for television trainees, and he considered it would make an ideal subject for the BBC's tribute.
		He accepted its intention to draw modern parallels: "It is, of course, part of the object of the film to compare these savage machines [the Teutonic knights] in the Fascists of today and to contrast them with the human and undisguised armies of Russia.
	www.sprkfv.net /journal/three08/anevskyradio.html (1436 words)

	Alexander Nevsky
		With Alexander Nevsky Eisenstein enters a second phase in which the individual within the collective dominates the narrative, while vertical montage and pictorial composition replace intellectual montage as the primary formal devices in his films.
		The attack of the German wedge on the Russian army in "The Battle on the Ice" sequence in Alexander Nevsky demonstrates this appeal to the emotions.
		Alexander Nevsky is viewed in much the same manner today as it was upon its original release.
	www.filmreference.com /Films-A-An/Alexander-Nevsky.html (1827 words)

	Acidophilus notes \| 12:14
		Commonly regarded as the key figure of medieval Russia, Alexander was the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military victories over the Western aggressors against the background of shrewd conciliatory policies towards the powerful Golden Horde.
		The Nazi German invasion of the USSR in 1941 reestablished Alexander Nevsky as a major symbol of Russian patriotism.
		Some of Alexander's policies on the Western border were continued by his grandson-in-law, Dovmont of Pskov, who was also beatified in the 16th century.
	www.acidophiluseffects.com /notes/?title=Alexander_Nevsky (1179 words)

	DVD.net : Alexander Nevsky - DVD Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The resulting picture, Alexander Nevsky, was based on the historical account of the Russian prince who, with a rag-tag army of ill-equipped and ill-trained peasants, defeated the oppressive might of the Teutonic Knights in the 12th century.
		In a thinly disguised attempt to romanticise Stalin as the heroic protector of Mother Russia, Eisenstein’s epic centers on Prince Alexander Nevsky (Nikolai Cherkasov), an intuitive warrior and tactician, whose surname is derived from the Neva River where, in 1240, he defeated the invading Swedish armies.
		Alexander Nevsky is presented in its original screen aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and is not anamorphic.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=679 (2305 words)

	Alexander Nevsky A PLAY FOR RADIO AND A PROKOFIEV UK PREMIÈRE. (Part 2)
		The role of Nevsky was to be played by Robert Donat, a well-loved English actor, still remembered today for his Academy Award-winning role of the schoolmaster in the 1939 film, Goodbye, Mr Chips.
		The broadcast of Nevsky would be given there with Boult conducting the combined forces of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Chorus and Theatre Chorus (including an unnamed female soloist).
		It should also be remembered that in the months preceding the broadcast, Pskov and Novgorod, the two cities which figure in the Nevsky drama, far from being remote, barely identifiable place-names, had appeared on a regular basis in the reporting of the war news on the pages of Britain's daily newspapers.
	www.sprkfv.net /journal/three08/anevskyradio2.html (1368 words)

	Alexander Nevsky Lavra
		In 1724 the remains of Saint Alexander Nevsky who had been canonized by the Orthodox Church as the Holy Patron of Russia were transferred to the monastery.
		By the end of the 18th century the Alexander Nevsky monastery that in 1797 was elevated to the status of Lavra (Lavra is a name given to rich monasteries of the highest rank enjoying special privileges), became the spiritual and cultural center of Saint Petersburg.
		Thus the Alexander Nevsky Lavra became the ecclesiastical educational center of the Saint Petersburg eparchy.
	www.saint-petersburg-hotels.com /alexandernevskiylavra.htm (558 words)

	The Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg, Russia
		The Alexander Nevsky Monastery complex is home to some of the oldest buildings in the city, as well as to cemeteries which contain the graves of some of the giants of Russian culture, including Tchaikovsky, Dostoevsky, and Glinka.
		The new church was named for Alexander Nevsky - considered a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church - whose remains were brought to the church from the ancient city of Vladimir, in a journey that took several months.
		On June 3, 1989, the remains of Alexander Nevsky were moved back to the Cathedral from the Museum of Atheism which had been opened in Kazan Cathedral, and in the early 1990s the monastery was the center of celebrations of Alexander's life and heroic deeds.
	www.saint-petersburg.com /cathedrals/Alexander-Nevsky-Monastery.asp (644 words)

	Alexander Nevsky / Ivan The Terrible
		War hero Alexander (mesmerizingly played by Russia’s finest actor, Nikolai Cherkassov) is asked by the people to lead them against the invaders, and in one of the most famous and influential battle scenes ever committed to film, he does just that.
		Alexander Nevsky is a treasure trove of striking elements.
		There are moments that shock and delight even today: the grisly and effective scene showing a massacre of children, the corrupt priest trying to sneak away in full regalia, and the shots of Knights slipping to their death on the crumbling ice.
	www.dvdreview.com /html/alexander_nevsky___ivan_the_terrible.html (1367 words)

	Gerry \| Alexander Nevsky Concert Invitation
		Alexander Nevsky is scored for large orchestra, SATB chorus and alto solist.
		In 1938, composer Sergey Prokofiev was approached by film director Sergey Eisenstein about collaborating on his next project, a bio-pic on the life of Alexander Nevsky, 13th-century Prince of Novgorod and hero to all Russians (and Soviets, too).
		In 1242, learning that a horde of Teutonic Knights was moving towards Russia after over-running Prussia, Alexander raised an army of peasants and warriors that rebuffed the invaders in the famous "Battle on the Ice" of Lake Chudskoye.
	www.frontiernet.net /~gerry/alexander-nevsky/nevsky-concert.htm (261 words)

	Sofia.com - Culture - Churches - St. Alexander Nevsky Patriarchal Cathedral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Its importance is determined by the proximity of the National Assembly, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the ancient St. Sophia Orthodox Church, the Synodal Palace, the Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical engineering, the Higher Institute of Art, the St. Cyril arid Metodius National Library and the St. Kliment Ohridskl Sofia University.
		The St. Alexander Nevsky Memorial-Church is an impressive five nave basilica of a cruciform domed type with basic Byzantine style elements, influenced in some parts by eastern models.
		From the pavement level to the tower cross, the height of the memorial-church is 50.52 m, that of the central dome 46.27m and of the roof bridge 28m.
	www.sofia.com /culture/churches/nevsky.html (1134 words)

	Travel with us to Russia. Excursions in Saint Petersburg: Alexander Nevsky Lavra
		In 1240 Grand Prince and military commander Alexander Yaroslavich won a major victory in the war with Sweden on the Neva river, for which he was given the title Nevsky and canonized by the Orthodox Church as the Holy Patron of Russia.
		St Petersburg being regarded by its founder as the administrative, political, economical and cultural capital of new Russia, the Alexander Nevsky monastery was intended to become the religious center of the country.
		On the 30th of August 1724 the relic of Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky was carried to St Petersburg from Vladimir and placed in the monastery's St Alexander Nevsky Church (in 1790 the relic was transferred to the newly built and sanctified St Trinity Cathedral).
	www.mita-tour.com /anevskylavra.htm (395 words)

	Alexander Nevsky
		The title character of the film is Prince Alexander Yaroslavovich, who lived from 1220-1263 and served as prince of Novgorod, a city in the north-western section of the ancient Rus'.
		In 1240 Prince Alexander defeated an invasion of Swedes at a battle on the Neva River, for which he was given the name Nevsky (literally, "of the Neva").
		Alexander Nevsky's line "Whoever comes at us with a sword shall be killed with the sword" became a frequently repeated line during World War II.
	www.ku.edu /~russcult/culture/handouts/nevsky.html (649 words)

	TEMPLE OF ALEXANDER NEVSKY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, grand prince of the medieval Russian state of Vladimir, Alexander was elected prince of the state of Novgorod in 1236.
		The mother of Saint Alexander, Feodosia Igorevna, a Riazan princess, was the third spouse of Yaroslav.
		Alexander Nevsky of the historical vocation of Rus'.
	sangha.net /messengers/nevsky.htm (3109 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Alexander Nevsky [1938]: DVD: Nikolai Cherkasov,Nikolai Okhlopkov,Andrei Abrikosov,Dmitri Orlov ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alexander Nevsky, Sergei Eisenstein's landmark tale of Russia thwarting the German invasion of the 13th century, was wildly popular with home-grown audiences back in 1938, quite intentionally so, given the prevailing Nazi geopolitical advancement and destruction at the time.
		Much of the filming is as clumsy as the characterization, with obvious painted backdrops, clumsy medieval-speak dialog, constant reversion to silent moviemaking techniques at their least compelling and a tendency to go for height in the image to such an extent that the action is often barely clinging to the bottom of the frame.
		Alexander Nevsky was a Russian leader who fought off invading Swedes, Poles, and Germans, at a time when his country was most threatened by the Tartars - they exacted an annual tribute to ensure their continued passivity.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Alexander-Nevsky-Nikolai-Cherkasov/dp/B00004SPFT (2168 words)

	November 14: Death of Alexander Nevsky, Russian hero-saint
		Alexander, exhausted as he returned from a laborious trip east to his overlord, the great Khan of the Mongols, had rested at a monastery in Gorodetz.
		But Alexander was inspired to heroics because he feared that defeat at the hands of Sweden would mean the end of Russian Orthodoxy, which he saw as the soul of his nation.
		Alexander was given the name Nevsky because of that battle at the Neva River.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/11/daily-11-14-2002.shtml (731 words)

	Virtual Nevsky
		A virtual panorama of the north side of Nevsky, from the Admiralty across to the Anichkov bridge.
		A virtual panorama of the south side of Nevsky, from the Admiralty across to the Anichkov bridge.
		Those of you with a good eye and a nimble wrist may accept the challenge of trying to click on the 'Resizing' icon which should appear in the top right corner of the page if you place your cursor over the image.
	www.nevsky-prospekt.com /virtual.html (180 words)

	DVD Review - Alexander Nevsky / Ivan The Terrible (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Nevsky is a finely textured patriotic war movie that is conventionally seen as an exultation of Communism and call to arms against the Germans.
		Written in close collaboration with Eisenstein by Sergei Prokofiev, one of the 20th century’s most important composers, the music is so intimately entangled with the film that it is impossible to imagine one without the other.
		The role of the 16th Tsar who united Russia is played in both films by Alexander Nevsky’s Nikolai Cherkassov, who gives a finely textured and commanding performance.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/alexander_nevsky___ivan_the_terrible.shtml (1403 words)

	Hagiography (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		With the introduction of Latin literature into England in the 7th and 8th centuries the genre of the life of the saint grew increasingly popular.
		Imitation of the life of Christ then was the benchmark against which Saints were measured, and Imitation of the lives of Saints was the benchmark against which the general population measured itself.
		In the 10th century, a Byzantine monk Simeon Metaphrastes was the first one to change the genre of lives of the saints into something different, giving it a moralizing and panegyrical character.
	hagiography.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (841 words)

	Excerpts from the Orthodox Church by Bishop Kallistos Ware
		(The Life of Constantine, 3, 10 and 15).
		The life of the Church in the earlier Byzantine period is dominated by the seven General Councils.
		The life of Byzantium formed a unified whole, and there was no rigid line of separation between the religious and the secular, between Church and State: the two were seen as parts of a single organism.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/history_timothy_ware_1.htm (20566 words)

	Alexander Nevsky - Sergei Prokofiev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The cue is brought to a climax by the choir almost groaning, which accompanies the ice breaking and the defeated army drowning.
		The climax of the suite is the rousing, yet hymnal Alexander's Entry into Pskov where the choir and orchestra capture the celebratory mood of Nevsky's victory.
		I would admit that sometimes it is not easy listen; much of the central portions of Alexander Nevsky are fairly intense and uncompromising, but this is the kind of music that has truly transcended its origins and brilliantly tells the story without the visuals.
	www.soundtrack-express.com /osts/alexandernevsky.htm (683 words)

	Alexander Nevsky DVD at Video Universe
		Opting to fight, they call on their greatest military leader, Alexander Nevsky, who is still recuperating with his troops from defeating the Swedish army.
		The historic battle on the frozen surface of Lake Peipus, pitting the peasant army of Nevsky against the better-equipped German force, is one of the most impressive spectacles in film history, a visual symphony of mutual slaughter as powerful now as on the day of its release.
		The Eisenstein film "Alexander Nevsky" has always been said to be a classic, but to me without the music of Prokofiev, this probably would have been a forgotten film.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/pid/1281004/a/Alexander+Nevsky.htm (492 words)

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