Bloody Wedding in Kyiv: Two Tales of Olha, Kniahynia of Kyivan Rus

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Did you believe that a noble woman, the Kniahynia of the Rurik dynasty, could forget and not take revenge for the holy soul of her husband – and offer her hand to the murderer? Your bloody deed was so arrogant, your hopes and desires ...

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