This article is an attempt at the semantic analysis of the chronicle story about the life and work of Princess Olga of Kiev. The author connects the primary narrative of Olga’s revenge to the Drevlians for her husband’s death with subsequent biographical stories presented in the Primary Chronicle. This gives an opportunity to show their narrative unity and to reveal the historical and edifying purpose of the narrative, to identify the role of the biblical parallels in the story created by the chronicler, where Olga is portrayed as a righteous woman who recognized and defeated the devil's temptation, protected her own people from it and thus presaged its Christian future.
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