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Princess Olha Monument

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Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
Princess Olha Monument
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Saint Olga was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Svyatoslav from 945 until 960. She is known for her obliteration of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor of Kiev. Even though it would be her grandson Vladimir that would convert the entire nation to Christianity, her efforts to spread Christianity through the Rus’ earned Olga veneration as a saint. While her birthdate is unknown, it could be as early as AD 890 and as late as 5 June 925. Saint Olga, who was the first Russian saint of the Orthodox Church, is the patron of widows and converts.
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