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Battle of the Neva - Novgorod defeats Sweden

Battle of the Neva - Novgorod defeats Sweden
07/15/1240 AD defeated

Fought between the Novgorod Republic and Karelians against Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Tavastian armies on the Neva River.

Prince Alexander Yaroslavich was nicknamed "Nevsky" (of Neva) for his first significant victory.

The purpose of the invasion was probably to gain control over the mouth of the Neva and the city of Ladoga and, hence, seize the most important part of the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks, which had been under Novgorod's control for more than a hundred years. The battle was part of the medieval Swedish-Novgorodian Wars and continuum to Finnish-Novgorodian wars.

There is no reference to a battle of the Neva in Swedish sources.

Ust-izhora

Lattitude: 59.8019° N
Longitude: 30.6039° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc