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          Olga of Kiev

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          The holy, right-believing Empress Olga of Kiev was the grandmother of Prince Vladimir of Kiev.

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          A convert to Orthodox Christianity, she was the main influence on her grandson that resulted in his conversion to Christianity and that of his realm of Kievan Rus. She is considered, with her grandson, as having brought Orthodoxy to Russia.

          Her feast day is July 11.

          Life

          Olga's origins are not certain. Although she may have come from Pskov, according to the Russian Primary Chronicles, she came from Vyshgorod.

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          5. She was probably of Varangian heritage. She is believed to have been born about 890. About 903 she married Prince Igor I, who was the son of the founder of Russia, Rurik. Prince Igor succeeded his father Oleg as the ruler of Kiev and its territories, which now constitute parts of a number of present day nations: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland.

          After her husband Igor was murdered in 945, Princess Olga became the regent fo