The battles of the Neva took place the July 15th 1240, on the southern accesses of the homonymous river. There, Alexandre Iaroslavitch, large-prince of the principality of Novgorod, pushed back a forwarding coming from Sweden. This victory was worth the nickname of “Nevski to him”, that is to say “Neva”.
Unfolding and military importance
This battle has only one thin Russian contemporary source, and did not leave any trace of dimensioned Swedish, Sweden being almost in Civil war at the time. Moreover, the source does not give any indication on the course of the battle, and mentions only one very low number of victims: dimensioned victorious three inhabitants of Novgorod and a score of buildings, and " two full boats of cadavres" with dimensions one of overcome. This lack of data leaves room to many interpretations.
Political consequences and legend
This battle, even with a dimension magnifiée by the legend, marks indeed the development of autonomy of what will become Russia, compared to its neighbors, and in fact Sweden. With this increasing autonomy, the traditional political bond between the Scandinavians and the Russians distend: the previous century, many princes and princesses of Novgorod and Kiev had shown from the marriages with family members royal of Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Context
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