[4] Peresvet is believed to have hailed from the Bryansk area,[5][6] and to have taken the monastic habit at the Monastery of Saints Boris and Gleb in Rostov.

Alexander and his friend Rodion Oslyabya joined the Russian troops set out to fight the Tatars under the leadership of Mamai.

The Battle of Kulikovo was opened by single combat between the two champions.The Russian champion was Alexander Peresvet.

Brave Peresvet galloped across the meadow on his magic white horse telling everyone: 'Brothers!

'If Zadonshchina is accurate, it was unlikely that Alexander Peresvet survive Battle of Kulikovo, as no monastery or church record mentioned where else did he serve after the war.