Метка: Princess Olga

TITLE: Princess Olga – the fourth revenge Landscape

Princess Olga – the fourth revenge

Princess Olga is a legendary woman who embodies the courage and resilience of Ukrainian women. After the death of her husband, Prince Igor, she had the strength and courage not only to raise her son, but also to take ruthless revenge for her husband’s death. The princess’s sharp mind repeatedly found the most ingenious solutions to the most critical situations of those times. According to historical records, the princess’s revenge on the Drevlyans was repeated, which clearly reflects her temperament.
The first time, when after Igor’s death it was decided to marry Olga to the Drevlyan prince Mal, 20 of the ‘best men’ were sent to her, and the princess ordered them to be buried alive.
The second time, Olga herself asked for the best men to be sent to her, and when the envoys arrived, they were burned in a bathhouse.
The third time, using an ancient ritual called a trisna, Olga ordered the drunken Drevlyans to be killed.
The fourth act of revenge took place after a year-long siege of the city of Iskoroten. Through her envoys, Olga asked for three pigeons and three sparrows from each household under the pretext of a light tribute and that the revenge was supposedly over. The Drevlyans agreed, and on the princess’s orders, they tied tinder to each bird, which they set alight when it got dark and released the birds.
Thus, Iskoroten burned down, and Olga avenged the death of her husband Igor.

  • TITLE: Princess Olga – the fourth revenge
    TITLE: Princess Olga – the fourth revenge
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    TITLE: Princess Olga – the fourth revenge. Close-up
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    TITLE: Princess Olga – the fourth revenge. Close-up
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    TITLE: Princess Olga – the fourth revenge. Close-up. Signature of the artist
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    TITLE: Princess Olga – the fourth revenge. Frame option

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TITLE: Princess Olga – the fourth revenge
YEAR: 2025
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 00х00cm
TECHNIQUES: Oil on acrylic undercoat
RELATED THEMES: Landscape, history
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas on the canvas-stretcher
FRAMING: No
CATALOGUE N: Kovalska136

Princess Olga in defence of the capital City landscape

Princess Olga in defence of the capital

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?

  • Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Frame option
  • Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Close-up
  • Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Close-up
  • Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Sidepiece. Close-up
  • Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Sidepiece. Close-up
  • Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Close-up. Signature of the artist
  • Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Backside
  • Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev
  • Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Interior: hall with the picture on the wall

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