The youth of the commander. Jan V.G.

The story “The youth of the commander” of the writer-historian V. Jan, the author of the famous historical novels about Genghis Khan and Batu, is dedicated to Prince Alexander Nevsky and talks about the merits of the prince as the organizer of the defense of the great Novgorod from the onslaught of the Swedes and the Teutonic Order in the early 40s GG. XIII century. According to V. Yang about Prince Alexander Nevsky: “A mysterious personality for the beginning of the XIII century. In the battle on the Neva with Birger - he was 20 years old! And he led a small Novgorod squad and made such a rapid offensive that he froze the United Army of the Swedes and Finns. Then he quickly flew to Pskov, captured the translating, and brought the Germans to Novgorod. Then there was a magnificent ice battle, where he lured German knights on the ice with a Tatar reception and disheveled them into fluff! ”

In the “Youngness of the Commander”, the author shows that Novgorod, under the leadership of Prince Alexander Nevsky, was that part of the Russian land, which retained not only some independence from the Horde, but also the obvious combat effectiveness in the fight against aggression of Western neighbors.