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to remember all who died heroicaly for our nation
on the other hand care to explain why alexander nevsky who sold you to mongols is your saint and national hero?
>A grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest, Nevsky rose to legendary status after victories over Swedish invaders in the Battle of the Neva (1240), which earned him the title "Nevsky" in the 15th century, and over German crusaders in the Battle on the Ice (1242). He agreed to pay tribute to the Golden Horde, which allowed him to preserve the Eastern Orthodox Church, while fighting against foreign powers to the west and the south. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow canonized Alexander Nevsky as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547.
>Regarded long after his death as "one of the great heroes of Russian history",[6] Nevsky is credited with having "saved the Russian people [from Catholicism and being] enslaved by the Germans".[7] Nevsky's successes led his image to be used by Peter the Great in the construction of Saint Petersburg. His image was also used to promote patriotism in the Soviet Union, especially during World War II.[8] The 1938 film Alexander Nevsky cemented Nevsky's reputation as a Russian savior.
>Alexander faithfully supported Mongol rule within his own domains. In 1259, he led an army to the city of Novgorod and forced it to pay tribute it had previously refused to the Golden Horde.[49]
