The Revenge of Olga Against the Drevlians, by Fyodor Bruni. Credit: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons Thus, Igor perished, and since Sviatoslav was still a child, just three years old, Olga assumed ...

But one of them, the Drevlians, maddened by massive taxes, eventually killed the Prince. A Varagian herself, Olga became a regent of her small son, But she was no timid girl.

The Drevlians joined in the feast, and once they were drunk and incapacitated, Olga ordered her men to massacre them. Finally, Olga found one more way to punish the Drevlians for their cruel murder.

In revenge for the murder of her husband, she carried out several brutal reprisals against the Drevlians. Ivan Akimov. Baptism of Saint Olga. State Russian Museum ...