# Olga of Kiev

> A tenth-century regent who answered her husband's murder with methodical vengeance against an entire tribe, then decades later became the first baptized ruler of Kievan Rus' — and a saint.

*Princess of Kiev, Orthodox saint (c. 890–925)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/olga-of-kiev

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 890
- **Died:** 0969-07-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Olga assumed power in 945 after the Drevlians killed her husband Igor, and her response was systematic: she subjugated the tribe that had taken him. For twelve years she ruled as regent for her son Sviatoslav, holding the throne until 957. Somewhere in that span she accepted baptism and took the name Elena, making her the first Kievan ruler to convert — though it would be her grandson Vladimir, not her son, who eventually imposed Christianity as the state religion. She died on 11 July 969. The Eastern Orthodox Church canonized her with the rare title "Equal to the Apostles," and her feast day remains the date of her death.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 16.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 26.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Business Professionals, #Other, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193198)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Olga%20of%20Kiev)
- [اولجا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7)
- [Olqa (knyaginya)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olqa_(knyaginya))
- [Olga nin Kiev](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_nin_Kiev)
- [Вольга (княгіня кіеўская)](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B5%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F))
- [Вольга (княгіня кіеўская)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B5%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F))
- [Олга Киевска](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Olga de Kíev](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_de_K%C3%ADev)
- [Olga (Kyjevská Rus)](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_(Kyjevsk%C3%A1_Rus))
- [Ѡльга](https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D1%A0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0)
- [Santes Olga](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santes_Olga)
- [Olga af Kijev](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_af_Kijev)
- [Olga von Kiew](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_von_Kiew)
- [Αγία Όλγα](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%8C%CE%BB%CE%B3%CE%B1)
- [Olga de Kievo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_de_Kievo)
- [Olga de Kiev](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_de_Kiev)
- [Olga](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga)
- [Olga Kievekoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Kievekoa)
- [اولگا کی‌یف](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%A7_%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%DB%8C%D9%81)
- [Olga (Kiova)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_(Kiova))
- [Olga de Kiev](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_de_Kiev)
- [Olga de Kíiv](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_de_K%C3%ADiv)
- [אולגה, נסיכת קייב](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%94%2C_%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Olga_di_Kiev)
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8F))
- [Olga van Kiëf](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_van_Ki%C3%ABf)
- [أولغا (أميرة)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7_(%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9))

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