Olga of Kyiv is remembered today as a saint—but her path to holiness was paved with fire, blood, and calculated terror. When her husband, Prince Igor of Kyiv, was murdered around 945 CE by the Drevlians—rebels who killed him while he tried to collect tribute—Olga became regent for their young son Sviatoslav. The Drevlians then made a fatal mistake: they proposed that Olga marry their prince and unite the realms. Her response is one of the coldest revenge sagas in medieval history. She had the fi