When they approached Novgorod itself, the local citizens recalled to the city 20-year-old Prince Alexander Nevsky, whom they had banished to Pereslavl earlier that year.
Când s-au apropiat de capitala Novgorod, cetățenii locali l-au chemat pe prințul de 20 de ani, Alexandru Nevski, pe care l-au exilat la Pereslavl la începutul acelui an.