The name of Alexander Nevsky is still pronounced in Russia with love and admiration.

His remains, after reposing in the church of Notre Dame, at Vladimir, until the eighteenth century, were transported, by Peter the Great, to the banks of the Neva, to give renown to the capital which that illustrious monarch was rearing there.
Yaroslaf, of Tiver, succeeded almost immediately his father in the nominal sway of Russia.

The new sovereign promised fealty to the Tartars, and feared no rival while sustained by their swords.

His oppression becoming intolerable, the tocsin was sounded in the streets of Novgorod, and the whole populace rose in insurrection.

The movement was successful.