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Neva Battle
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Battle of the Neva
The
Battle of the Neva
(,
Nevskaya bitva
, ) was fought between the
Novgorod Republic
and
Swedish
armies on the
Neva River
, near the settlement of
Ust-Izhora
, on July 15, 1240. The purpose of the Swedish
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
.
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