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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.
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.
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: 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.
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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 ...
The siege of Kiev by the Pechenegs in 968 (sub anno 6476) is narrated in pages 65.19–67.20 of the Primary Chronicle. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is an account that freely mixes historical details with folklore.
The Grand Prince of Kiev (sometimes grand duke) was the title of the monarch of Kievan Rus', residing in Kiev (modern Kyiv) from the 10th to 13th centuries. [citation needed] In the 13th century, Kiev became an appanage principality first of the grand prince of Vladimir and the Mongol Golden Horde governors, and later was taken over by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.