The historical place in walking distance from my home in St. Petersburg. 'The Battle of the Neva was fought between the Novgorod Republic and Karelians against Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Tavastian armies on the Neva River, near the settlement of Ust-Izhora, on 15 July 1240... Prince Alexander Yaroslavich was nicknamed Nevsky (of Neva) for his first significant victory.' (Wikipedia)