The “Battle on the Ice” where Alexander Nevsky, a Russian prince, defeated the knights of the Livonian Order, is considered a milestone in Russian history. We explain this, and other important ...

Members of Russian historical clubs reenact on Sunday in the Pskov region the victory of Prince Alexander Nevsky over Teutonic knights in 1242. Photo: AFP Known as the Battle of the Ice because it was ...

Because of this victory at the River Neva on July 15, 1240, the nation called the saint Alexander Nevsky. The Teutonic Knights remained a dangerous enemy. In a lightning-quick campaign in 1241 Saint ...

Of course, once the Germans invaded in 1941 the film once again became a propaganda tool, and the Soviets looked to Alexander Nevsky’s struggle with the Teutonic Knights as a way to motivate the ...

This was one of my reactions to Sergei Eisenstein’s 1938 epic “Alexander Nevsky,” a glorification of the medieval prince who routed the Teutonic knights in the 13th century, meant rather ...

This is from “Alexander Nevsky,” the 1938 film directed by ... the Ice,” an actual battle on April 5, 1242 when the Teutonic Knights were defeated by the Russians, led by Nevsky.

When the menacing Teutonic knights invade Pskov near Novgorod ... The first 30 minutes of “Alexander Nevsky” roll out a few hearty salt-of-the-earth types — two galoots vying for a pigtailed girl, and ...

HOLYOKE - The Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts will show the acclaimed silent film "Alexander Nevsky ... rising to repulse invading Teutonic Knights. "It's a story about people ...

Of course, once the Germans invaded in 1941 the film once again became a propaganda tool, and the Soviets looked to Alexander Nevsky’s struggle with the Teutonic Knights as a way to motivate the ...