Battle of the Neva
1240 battle of the Swedish–Novgorodian Wars / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the battle in 1240. For the later battle, see Battle of the Neva (1708).
The Battle of the Neva (Russian: Невская битва, romanized: Nevskaya bitva; Swedish: slaget vid Neva; Finnish: Nevan taistelu) was fought between the Novgorod Republic, along with Karelians, and the Kingdom of Sweden,[2] including Norwegian, Finnish and Tavastian forces, on the Neva River, near the settlement of Ust-Izhora, on 15 July 1240. The battle is mentioned only in Russian sources,[3] and it remains unclear whether it was a major invasion or a small-scale raid.[4][5] In Russian historiography, it has become an event of massive scale and importance.[6]
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Part of the Swedish–Novgorodian Wars | |||||||
Depiction of the battle in the late 16th century illuminated manuscript of Ivan the Terrible | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexander Yaroslavich[lower-alpha 1] |
Ulf Fase (arguably)[1] Spiridon † | ||||||
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Novgorod First Chronicle: 20 killed |
Novgorod First Chronicle: "great number" |
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