For the Russian land! (To the 775th anniversary of the Battle on the Ice)
The article analyzes the historical conditions of the military aggression and expansion of the Catholic West European states into the north-eastern Russia in the first half of the XIII century. On the basis of the written sources and a wide range of works of pre-revolutionary Russian historians and modern scholars it gives a systematic description of the events related to the struggle of the Russian lands against the crusaders’ aggression, shows the battle formation and tactics of the Russian troops in the Battle on the Ice, Lake Chudskoe, discloses essential features of the strategic talent of Alexander Nevsky, which appeared in the Battle on the Ice, justifies the historical significance of the battle.