Olga of Kiev: The Viking Saint of Russia
In today’s video we are covering our first Saint worshipped both by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, revered for having first introduced Christianity amongst the Rus. These were a pagan people of Nordic descent, who ruled over a vast land in the early Middle Ages, from the Baltic to the Black Sea. But her holy title should not fool you, as she did not dedicate her life solely to prayer and converting the heathen. This Saint was a ruler, the regent of the Principality of Kiev, and one of the most powerful women of the early Middle Ages.
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Source/Further reading:
The Primary Chronicle: https://ia600608.us.archive.org/10/items/TheRussianPrimaryChronicle/the%20russian%20primary%20chronicle.pdf
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/saint-buried-people-alive-burned-city-revenge/
https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/medieval-renaissance/olga-of-kiev-one-saint-you-do-not-want-to-mess-with/
https://www.ancient.eu/Kievan_Rus/
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Our companion website for more: http://biographics.org
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Our Newest Channel about Interesting Places: https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw
Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris
Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com
Other Biographics Videos:
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor
https://youtu.be/jTOLCWtnKbA
Robert Hanssen: The FBI Mole who Spied for the KGB
https://youtu.be/v40HN6dNaAk
Source/Further reading:
The Primary Chronicle: https://ia600608.us.archive.org/10/items/TheRussianPrimaryChronicle/the%20russian%20primary%20chronicle.pdf
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/saint-buried-people-alive-burned-city-revenge/
https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/medieval-renaissance/olga-of-kiev-one-saint-you-do-not-want-to-mess-with/
https://www.ancient.eu/Kievan_Rus/
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