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Olga ( Church Slavonic: Ольга; [2] [a] Old Norse: Helga; [3] c. 890–925 – 11 July 969) [4] was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 960. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа. [b] She is known for her subjugation of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor.
Apr 15, 2022 · Yet the Drevlian proposal gave Olga an opening. Instead of outright rejecting the proposal, Olga welcomed the envoys to Kyiv and promised to honor them. Then, she ordered her soldiers to dig a ditch. The next day, the dignitaries arrived dressed in their finest robes. Olga led them to the edge of the ditch, and her soldiers threw them to the ...
Jan 25, 2023 · — Grand Princess Olga’s response to the Drevlian emissaries. On the morrow, Olga met the messengers near the river, as promised. When they repeated the words she had instructed them to speak, the people of Kiev grabbed the Drevlian boats and – with the ambassadors in them – carried them over their heads.
Feb 28, 2022 · Olga summoned a second Drevlian embassy before the rest of the tribe had had time to learn of the first one’s fate. When they arrived she commanded her people to draw a bath for them.
Jun 6, 2024 · son Svyatoslav I. St. Olga (born c. 890—died 969, Kyiv; feast day July 11) was the princess who was the first recorded female ruler of the Rus and the first member of the ruling family of Kyivan Rus to adopt Christianity. She was canonized as the first Kyivan saint of the Orthodox Church and is the patron saint of widows and converts.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 14, 2022 · The hubristic Drevlian delegation took her at her word gleefully. But what they did not know was that she had arranged for a trench to be dug into which they and their boat were flung. They were buried alive. Olga summoned a second Drevlian embassy before the rest of the tribe had had time to learn of the first one’s fate.
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Jun 4, 2022 · Even after tearing Olga’s husband in half, Prince Mal of the Drevlians proposed to the Kievan Rus princess. Now that Olga was single, Mal thought he could bring Kievan Rus territory under Drevlian control through the marriage. Before Igor’s body was cold, Mal sent twenty dignitaries to Kyiv to convince Olga to marry him.
