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There's a story. The back in the 10th century AD there was a great war in Eastern Europe.

The city of Iscarsten in what is today Northern Ukraine had been under siege

for over a year. The people of Iscarsten were from a tribal group known as the Drevelians

and the Drevelians had found themselves caught up in a conflict with their powerful neighbors,

the Kievan Rus. The Rus were the cultural and political precursors of what would eventually

become the Russians. Their growing empire was based out of the city of Kiev which is today still

the capital of Ukraine. In the 10th century the power of the Rus was on the rise and the Drevelians

had found themselves on the wrong side of a fierce and tenacious Kievan leader.

The conflict with the Rus had not gone well for the Drevelians and now they found themselves

besieged in their capital with little chance of escape. One source that records this event

tells us that the leader of the Kievan Rus who was besieging the city sent the following message to

the besieged Drevelians. Quote, why do you persist in holding out? All your cities have surrendered to

me and submitted to tribute. So now the inhabitants cultivate their fields and their lands in peace.

But you had rather die of hunger without submitting to tribute? And quote,

quote, were told that the Drevelians wanted nothing else but to make peace and end this brutal siege.

But they just didn't trust this particular Kievan leader. That's because the person

camped out in front of their gates was none other than the great princess Olga of Kiev.

What terrified the Drevelians was that Olga didn't seem particularly interested in the typical

tributes of furs and honey. Olga was interested in revenge. This entire conflict had been ignited

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