1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Olga&amp;nbsp;(Old East Slavic:&amp;nbsp;Вольга,&amp;nbsp;romanized:&amp;nbsp;Volĭga;[a]&amp;nbsp;Old Norse:&amp;nbsp;Helga;&amp;nbsp;Lith:&amp;nbsp;Alge; Christian name:&amp;nbsp;Elena; c. 890–925 – 969) was a&amp;nbsp;regent&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Kievan Rus'&amp;nbsp;for her son&amp;nbsp;Sviatoslav&amp;nbsp;from 945 until 960. Following her baptism, Olga took the name&amp;nbsp;Elenа&amp;nbsp;(Old East Slavic:&amp;nbsp;Ѡлена,&amp;nbsp;romanized:&amp;nbsp;Olena).[2]&amp;nbsp;She is known for her subjugation of the&amp;nbsp;Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband&amp;nbsp;Igor of Kiev. Even though it was her grandson&amp;nbsp;Vladimir&amp;nbsp;who converted the entire nation to Christianity, because of her efforts to spread&amp;nbsp;Christianity&amp;nbsp;through Rus', Olga is venerated as a&amp;nbsp;saint&amp;nbsp;in the&amp;nbsp;Eastern Orthodox Church&amp;nbsp;with the epithet &quot;Equal to the Apostles&quot;. Her&amp;nbsp;feast day is 11 July. Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you’d like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find our Patreon page here.&amp;nbsp; Be sure to check our website for more details. Citation Needed http://citationpod.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27372504/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/155476113