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Olga is an eastern church saint, also she was baptized ten (or something like that) years after destroying the city. Whole story about her revenge was like Ihor taxed drevlyans and then taxed them again, and then taxed them again, finally they got tired and killed him. Olga somehow becomes a ruler (as a regent for her son), and continues to harass and kill drevlyans. Saintly af.
I don't have my book on me but I remember it going more along the lines of there being two independent rival towns. After a battle her husband is killed and the rivals want to marry her. Because of her anger and grief Olga devises a plan to outsmart them through a series of deceptions, and eventually razes the rivals town to the ground.
IIRC she agreed to marry then kills drevlyans that came to Kyiv with proposal, multiple times.