In 945, Igor was killed on a campaign, Olga officially remained a widow with a young son Svyatoslav. She did not have to languish alone for a long time: the killers of her husband sent ambassadors, hoping to agree on a wedding and, accordingly, of the proper inheritance — the land of the Kyiv prince. Supervisably luring them into the yard, Olga ordered to throw ambassadors into the hole and bury them alive. Other noble ambassadors died the same ruthless death: they burned in the bathhouse, waiting for the princess.
