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The personal symbols of Rurik, Igor, Olga and Svyatoslav. 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]
Olga (centre front) with her father, Alexander III, 1888. Back row (left to right), her siblings and mother: Grand Duke Michael, Empress Marie, Grand Duke Nicholas (later Nicholas II), Grand Duchess Xenia and Grand Duke George. Olga was the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexander III and his consort, Empress Marie, formerly Princess Dagmar of ...
Oleg the Wise was the first undisputed "prince of Kiev", [1] although nothing is known of his wife (or wives). Yaroslav the Wise was the first undisputed "grand prince of Kiev". [2] Therefore, Kievan princely wives before 1019 are known as princesses consort, and after 1019 as grand princesses consort of Kiev.
The Order of Princess Olga (Ukrainian: Орден княгині Ольги) is a Ukrainian civil decoration, featuring Olga of Kiev and bestowed to women for "personal merits in state, production, scientific, educational, cultural, charity and other spheres of social activities, for upbringing children in families". [1]
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.
Olga was born at Pavlovsk Palace near Saint Petersburg on 3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1851. She was the second child and elder daughter of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich and his wife, Grand Duchess Alexandra, a former princess of Saxe-Altenburg.
Britain's Queen Camilla gave a speech to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Thursday, reminding the audience of the importance of the words "Never forget", days before the 80th anniversary ...
The chronicles mention only two women buried in the Church of the Tithes—Princesses Olga (1007) and Anna (1011). Anna, like Vladimir, was buried in a marble sarcophagus, but there was no mention of Olga's sarcophagus. Therefore, immediately after its discovery, the slate sarcophagus began to be attributed to Princess Olga.