Alexander Nevskiy. Vasiliev B.

XIII century. The princes in Rus' are conducting endless internecine wars, which interfere with the unification in the face of an external enemy. Only historians now remember their names, and only one remained in the memory of the people - Alexander Yaroslavich.

A talented commander and a brave warrior, he managed to defeat the Swedes in the Battle of Neva, and two years later - to defeat the formidable army of crusaders in the battle At Lake Peipsi. A skilled diplomat, he conducted a subtle policy in relations with the Horde khans, which allowed Rus' to obtain such a necessary respite after ruin Tatar raids.

reprinting the novel of an outstanding Soviet and Russian writer B.L. Vasilieva is accompanied by the publication of passages dedicated to Alexander Yaroslavich, from the annals, the works of the classics of Russian historical thought S.M. Solovyova and V.O. Klyuchevsky, as well as the preface of one of the largest modern specialists in the history of Ancient Rus' V.V. Dolgova and his essays on the life and life of people considered in the book of the era.

the series “Gathers of the Russian Land” is a joint project of the Russian Military Historical Society and the Publishing House “Prospekt”. It is published with the support of the All -Russian political party "United Russia". Image on the cover Grand Duke Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky. Portrait from the tsarist titular to 1672