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Princess Olga meets the body of her husband. A sketch by Vasily Surikov. After Igor's death in 945, Olga ruled Kievan Rus' as regent on behalf of their son Sviatoslav. [18] She was the first woman to rule Kievan Rus'. [19]
English: Kyiv, Ukraine - August 18, 2013: Monument to Princess Olga, Apostle Andrew, Cyril and Methodius in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine. This is a photo of a monument in Ukraine , number: 80-391-1025 Date
Olga (Ukrainian: Ольга, romanized: Ol'ha) is a two-act ballet by Ukrainian composer Yevhen Stankovych and librettist Yuriy Ilyenko based on the life of Olga of Kiev, which was written in 1981 to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the city of Kyiv.
In 883, Prince Oleg of Novgorod made the Drevlians pay tribute to Kiev. In 907, the Drevlians took part in the Kievan military campaign against the Eastern Roman Empire. Olga's revenge for the assassination of her husband. After Oleg's death in 912 the Drevlians stopped paying tribute. The Varangian warlord Sveneld made them pay tribute to himself.
Sviatoslav's Return from the Danube to His Family in Kiev (1773) Among the works created during the war was Yakov Knyazhnin's tragedy Olga (1772). The Russian playwright chose to introduce Sviatoslav as his protagonist, although his active participation in the events following Igor's death is out of sync with the traditional chronology.
After the Battle of Kiev in 1036, the Pechenegs stopped raiding Rus' 941 Rus'–Byzantine War (941) Kievan Rus' Byzantine Empire: Defeat 944/945 Rus'-Byzantine War (944/945) Kievan Rus' Byzantine Empire: Victory. [10] The historicity of this conflict is questioned. [e] 945–947 Olga's Revenge on the Drevlians [uk; ru] Kievan Rus' Olga of Kiev ...
Olga (Ukrainian: Олова) (?-990), was a Grand Princess of the Kiev by marriage to Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 980–1015). [1] Issue.
After his death, Olga appointed her own officials to gather and deliver tribute, at least in some of the areas of her domain, preferring not to rely on local chiefs and the system of poliudie. [5] Valentin Yanin suggests that Olga's reform was the first germ of the law of the Rus', later codified as the Russkaya Pravda .