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SPEAKER_01: Before we begin, this episode has several mentions of violent death. Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica. This month, we're highlighting ragers, women who use their anger, often righteous though not always, to accomplish extraordinary things. Today, we're talking about how a saint in both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches became a vengeful ruler. Let's talk about Olga of Kiev. Olga of Kiev was born around 900 CE. She was born in what is today Skov, Russia, near the Estonian border. At the time, the city was part of the Viking Empire known as the Kievan Rus, which stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south. It included parts of modern-day Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. Olga was a descendant of the first Vikings who'd settled the area. When she was 15 years old, Olga married the ruler of Kievan Rus, Prince Igor I. Little else is known about her early life. Prince Igor's predecessor, Prince Oleg, had consolidated power in the area and founded the city of Kiev as its new capital. One of the empire's tribes, the Drevlians, were loyal to Prince Oleg. They joined Oleg in military campaigns against the Byzantine Empire and sent him monetary tributes. But as soon as Prince Oleg died, the Drevlians stopped paying these tributes and severed their ties to the empire. So when Igor became Prince Igor, he wanted that money he felt entitled to as ruler. He decided to pay a visit to the Drevlians' capital city. After demanding more money than he was owed, the Drevlians captured Prince Igor and brutally killed him. Olga, now around 20 years old, stepped up to rule the empire. The Drevlians, emboldened by their murder of Prince Igor, thought they could gain more power by forcing Olga to marry their leader, Prince Mal. This plan turned out to be a grave mistake for the Drevlians. To deliver his marriage proposal, Prince Mal sent 20 envoys to Kiev. Olga sent word that she would honor and welcome the dignitaries. Then, she ordered her soldiers to dig a huge ditch. When the 20 men arrived, she led them to the ditch, where they were pushed in and buried alive. Olga clearly had no intention of marrying a man responsible for the killing of her husband. Before the news of this brutality reached Prince Mal, Olga wrote him to say she was still open to marriage but needed further convincing. She asked him to send his best men to escort her back to him. When they arrived, she invited them to relax and wash up in a bathhouse after their long journey. Olga then locked them in and burned the bathhouse to the ground. And still, Olga raged on. Outrunning the news of her latest killings, she next decided to travel north to Prince Mal. She asked that upon her arrival, there be a funeral service for her late husband so she could properly grieve him before remarrying. Olga then hosted a funeral banquet and invited the Drevlians to join. Once they were drunk off the feast's offerings, Olga's soldiers pulled out their swords and killed the Drevlian men. Some accounts say there were as many as 5,000 killed. War ensued, but seeing there was no match to Olga's army or the rage that fueled it, the Drevlians begged for mercy and offered to pay monetary tribute to Olga. According to legend, Olga countered with what seemed on the surface to be a much more compassionate request. Rather than money, she asked for three sparrows and three pigeons from every house as tribute. When the people complied, Olga had her soldiers attach a small piece of sulfur and burning cloth to the leg of each bird. That meant that when her soldiers released the birds, they flew back to the Drevlian houses where their nests lay and lit the houses on fire. The city burned to the ground. Olga returned to Kiev, where she ruled for many years relatively peacefully. On a visit to Constantinople to meet Emperor Constantine, Olga converted to Christianity. Upon her return to Kiev, she encouraged her subjects to convert. For her efforts to bring Christianity to the region, in 1547, many years after her death, the Russian Orthodox Church officially canonized her as Saint Olga of Kiev, equal to the apostles. All month, we're talking about ragers. For more information, find us on Facebook and Instagram at Wamanica Podcast. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow.
SPEAKER_00: Evidence-wise, we had virtually no evidence.
SPEAKER_04: In 1995, Detective Tony Richardson was trying to figure out who killed a fellow officer. The case comes down to who is believed and who is ignored.
SPEAKER_02: Oh my goodness, we did convict an innocent man.
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