astotajā martā parunāsim par ievērojamām sievietēm. lieku jūsu priekšā Olgu no Kijevas (skat, uz cik daudzām aktuālām tēmām spēju trāpīt vienā ierakstā!), pazīstamu arī kā Olgu Skaisto.



"The Drevlians sent twenty of their best men to persuade Olga to marry their Prince Mal. She had them buried alive. Then she sent word to Prince Mal that she accepted the proposal, but required their most distinguished men to accompany her ... Upon their arrival, she offered them a warm welcome and an invitation to clean up after their long journey in a bathhouse. After they entered, she locked the doors and set fire to the building, burning them alive.

... She returned to Kiev and prepared an army to attack the survivors. The Drevlians begged for mercy and offered to pay for their freedom with honey and furs. She asked for three pigeons and three sparrows from each house, since she did not want to burden the villagers any further after the siege. Now Olga gave to each soldier in her army a pigeon or a sparrow, and ordered them to attach by thread to each pigeon and sparrow a piece of sulfur bound with small pieces of cloth. ... So the birds flew to their nests, the pigeons to the cotes, and the sparrows under the eaves. The dove-cotes, the coops, the porches, and the haymows were set on fire. There was not a house that was not consumed, and it was impossible to extinguish the flames, because all the houses caught on fire at once."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev