Chronicle, Olga was of Varangian (Viking) origin and was born in Pleskov. Little is known about her life before her marriage to Prince Igor I of Kiev and the...

Saint Olga of Kiev (890–969), regent of Kievan Rus' and wife of Igor of Kiev Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822–1892), second daughter of Nicholas I of Russia...

of Kiev from 972 to 978. He was the oldest son of Sviatoslav I. His mother was Malusha, who was a steward in the household of his grandmother, Olga of...

however, Khlebnikov appears to assert Olga of Kiev succeeded them, and preceded her own husband Igor of Kiev. Askold and Dir are narrated to have been...

indications that the Viking princess and Rus' saint, Olga of Kiev, was one such, serving as a "priestess of Freyja" among the Scandinavian elite in Kievan Rus'...

for Olga of Kiev and concubine of Sviatoslav I of Kiev. According to Slavonic chronicles, she was the mother of Vladimir the Great and sister of Dobrynya...

Kyiv (also spelled Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022,...

Magyars (Hungarians). Following the death of his father Igor in 945, Sviatoslav's mother Olga reigned as regent in Kiev until 962. His decade-long reign over...

and the nominal heads of the Russian SFSR. Rurik (862 — 879) Oleg the Seer (882 — fall 912) Igor I (912 — fall 945) Olga of Kiev (fall 945 — after 959)...

returned to Kiev. The Primary Chronicle suggests Olga of Kiev changed the method of gathering tribute. The chronicle reports that Olga's husband, Igor...