Biography of Olga Princess

Persons in history: Princess Olga Olga was born in Pskov Pleskov, Plskov. The Life of St. Olga reports that she was born in the village of Razbuta, 12 km from Pskov above the Velikaya River. Baby - the birthplace of Princess Olga. In the Novgorod first annals, the date of the marriage of Igor in Olga is not. So the early chroniclers did not have information about the date of the wedding.

The prince hunted in those places. Igor crossed the river by boat and noticed that the carrier is a young girl. Let me be young and negligent, and one here, but know: it is better for me to rush into the river than to endure the scal up. ” Soon Igor remembered Olga and sent Oleg after her to marry. This is a late legend, not of local origin, since the crossing is a land ford.

At that time, in various parts of Rus' there were independent rulers. The Pskov land in the X century was included in the system of international trade communications, thanks to the path connecting the Center for Historical Micregion with the Baltic Sea in the Pskov-Chudsk Lake. Pskov had to be annexed to the Russian principality. A morganatic marriage was concluded with the daughter of the king of a local clan.

In the year, the son of Svyatoslav was born. In the year, Prince Igor dies at the hands of Drevlyans after levying tribute from them. The princess took revenge on the death of her wife with particular cruelty and cunning. Such a grain was perceived by a family society, extremely, positively. The squad Igor recognized Olga as a representative of the legal heir to the throne. Olga pursued a policy to strengthen the young Russian state.

The first reforms are related to her name. In the year, she set the dimensions of the “pole” - taxes, terms and frequency of their payment. The subject lands were divided into administrative units, in each a princely administrator was put - Tyun. Olga has installed a system of "graveyards" - centers of trade and exchange, in which tax collection was streamlined. Churches began to be built along the graveyards.

The annals report about Olga’s trip in the year to the Novgorod and Pskov lands and the appointment of tribute tutorials there. The appointment of Tiunov confirms the discovery of the “chamber” old -business burial ground in Pskov, t. Although Olga became a regent under young Svyatoslav and gained the fullness of state power only after the death of Igor as a sign of Rurikovich from the collection of the Pskov Museum-Reserve to Princess Olga became the first ruler of Rus' to baptize, although the friend and the Russian people with her remained pagans.