Open AccessTime of Difficult Decisions: Alexander Nevsky and the Political Struggle of the Mid‑13th Century
Author(s) -
Сергей Викторович Алексеев
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
gumanitarnye nauki. vestnik finansovogo universiteta/gumanitarnye nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2619-1482
pISSN - 2226-7867
DOI - 10.26794/2226-7867-2021-11-5-139-142
Subject(s) - throne , politics , rivalry , historiography , brother , ancient history , history , ruler , administration (probate law) , classics , law , political science , archaeology , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
The article is devoted to the political struggle in Rus’ and around in the middle of the 13th century, after the establishment of Mongol rule, and the role in these processes of Alexander Yaroslavich, later nicknamed Nevsky, Prince of Novgorod, then Grand Duke of Vladimir. Assessments of this role in historiography are different. Opinions are known that make Alexander Nevsky responsible for the establishment of the Horde yoke, in particular for the overthrow of his brother Andrei from the Vladimir throne, and the so-called “Nevryuy’s campaign”. The article examines the course of events based on the few surviving primary sources. It is shown that Alexander, recognizing his dependence on the Horde forcedly and later than Andrei, was not the initiator of inter-princes’ rivalry, and made practically no real contribution to the formation of the Horde administration of North-Eastern Russia.