An hour of history "Alexander Nevsky: Myths and Reality" took place in Birobidzhan educational colony

October 4, 2019, specialists of the Birobidzhan Regional Center of Access to the Resources of the Presidential Library attended the Birobidzhan educational colony, where they had an hour of history “Alexander Nevsky: Myths and Reality”, dedicated to the upcoming celebration of the 800th birthday of the statesman and commander.

The guys listened with interest to information about facts and legends from the life of the prince, got familiar with his military skills and diplomatic activities. Videos of the Battle of Neva and the Battle of Ice were shown as the two main battles of the commander. According to the written sources, prince held at least 12 battles and military operations, without losing a single battle. Еhis is an amazing fact аor the Russian commander of that time. In the XVI century, Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in the guise of those who are faithful for faith, for love of the fatherland, for maintaining the integrity of Russia.

Jewish Autonomous Region: Pages of History collection is available on the Presidential Library’s portal. It includes studies, essays, photographs and other materials which spotlight the geographical, socio-economic, socio-political and cultural aspects of the history of the formation of the Jewish Autonomous Region of the period 20-30 of the XX century.

Based on the materials of http://bounb.eao.ru/ portal.