Alexander Nevsky, Duke of Novgorod, Grand Duke of Vladimir, (1666). Artist: Unknown

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Alexander Nevsky, Duke of Novgorod, Grand Duke of Vladimir, (1666). Nevsky (1219-1263) won a series of victories against the invading Swedes and Teutonic knights, notably on the river Neva in 1240, for which he is venerated as a saint by the Russians. Fresco in the Archangel Michael Cathedral in the Kremlin, Moscow.

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