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Olga was not the first person from Rus' to convert from her pagan ways—there were Christians in Igor's court who had taken oaths at the St. Elias Church in Kiev for the Rus'–Byzantine Treaty in 945—but she was the most powerful Rus' individual to undergo baptism during her life.
There are very few women mentioned by their full personal (Christian) names in the PVL, including: Princess Olga of Kiev, abbess Ianka or Anna Vsevolodovna of Kiev, her sister Eupraxia Vsevolodovna of Kiev (alias Holy Roman Empress Adelheid), Predslava Volodimerovna, Predslava Sviatopolkovna of Kiev, and Catherine (Katerina) Vsevolodovna (died ...
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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.
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 ...
Although Oleg was the first "prince" of Kiev according to the Primary Chronicle, he was not yet a "grand prince" (velikiy knyaz). [12] Whereas later Muscovite chroniclers would call Oleg a "grand prince" and Kiev a "grand principality" (Russian: великое княжение, romanized: velikoe knyazhenie), the earliest sources do not. [15]
MANILA (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr in Manila on Monday and thanked him for his support and "clear position" on Russia's ...
Dmitry Prozorovsky believed that Malusha was the daughter of Mal, a Drevlyan leader. The same one that wanted to marry Olga of Kiev after she became a widow. [citation needed] The Primary Chronicle records that a certain "Malfrid" died in 1000. This record follows that of Rogneda's death. Since Rogneda was Vladimir's wife, historians assume ...