Fierce Females of History

For Olga of Kiev, life in early 945AD was good. She had a beautiful son, her beloved husband was out collecting tribute from the neighbours and pagan religion reigned.

Then those neighbours murdered her husband using a set of very bendy trees.

This was when Olga took the gloves off. And guys, she really never put them back on.

What came next was one of the most staggering revenge tours of all time. We’re talking weaponised pigeons, death by sauna and one very chaotic funeral.

In this episode, you’ll hear about how Olga rained terror down on those neighbours, how she became a Saint (yep) and even established one of the first tax systems.

So grab your death-birds, your earbuds and prepare for retribution.

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Dying to know more about Olga?

Don't joke about that. But here's where Lucy did her reading.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev

https://www.factinate.com/people/facts-olga-of-kiev/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProRevenge/comments/6pz8po/kill_my_husband_the_tale_of_princess_olga/

https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2019/10/18/olga-of-kiev

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy#:~:text=A%20number%20of%20traditions%20incorporate,patron%20saint%20of%20the%20blind.&text=St.,-Lucy%20is%20the

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Olga

https://historycollection.com/saint-olga-kiev-best-warrior-princess-never-knew/3/

https://museumhack.com/olga-of-kiev/

The Primary Chronicle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

https://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/history-and-mythology/princess-olga-of-kiev/

Alice-Mary Talbot and Denis F Sullivan (trans)(2005): The History of Leo the Deacon: Byzantine military expansion in the tenth century. Washington DC.

Samuel Hazzard Cross and Olgerd P Sherbowitz-Wetzor: The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text. Cambridge: Massachusetts.

Zubkova, O. Orfinskaya, D. Likhachev: New Discovery of Viking Age clothing from Pskov, Russia.

Phactual.com: The Viking Saint Queen of Russia: 9 facts about Olga of Kiev

todayifoundout.com: The Saint Who Buried people alive and burned down a city in revenge.

Nikolai Bruni's Saint Grand Knyaginya Olga (1901)

Olga burns the Drevlian nobles inside the bath house via History Answers.

A Perfect Absolution album cover art by Gorod