Princess Olga ascended the throne after the death of Prince Igor Rurikovich and was the de facto ruler of Kievan Rus’ from 944 to 964. Olga is immortalised not only in the history of Ukraine and the world, but also in a monument erected in her honour in 1911 on St. Michael’s Square in Kyiv, sculpted by I. Kavaleridze and P. Snitkin.
A wise, far-sighted, fearless, decisive, invincible ruler according to the chronicle, she was canonised as an equal to the apostles by the Orthodox Church for accepting and spreading Christianity and building churches…
The beginning of 2022, the Russian invasion, did Olga prevent the occupiers from breaking through to Kyiv? Surrounded by sandbags, the pedestal is ready to withstand a siege in the very heart of the capital, where on 21 May 2022 an exhibition of equipment destroyed in fierce battles on the approaches to the capital opened. What is this? A symbolic coincidence or a new legend about a powerful ruler who once avenged her husband’s death?

The painting is the participant of All-Ukrainian painting exhibition ’Unbreakable and Independent’. The exhibition was located in the House of Warrior, Lviv.

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TITLE: Princess Olga in defence of the capital
COLLECTION: War in Ukraine
YEAR: 2022/2024
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 40х50сm
TECHNIQUES: Oil on acrylic undercoat
RELATED THEMES: City landscape, War
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas on the canvas-stretcher
FRAMING: No
CATALOGUE N: Kovalska092