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	Russian Primary Chronicle: Princess Olga
		The Derevlians then announced that their tribe had sent them to report that they had slain her husband, because he was like a wolf, crafty and ravening, but that their princes, who had thus preserved the land of Dereva, were good, and that Olga should come and marry their prince Mal.
		The Derevlians inquired of Olga where the retinue was which they had sent to meet her.
		When the Derevlians were drunk, she bade her followers to fall upon them, and went about herself egging on her retinue to the massacre of the Derevlians.
	www.stetson.edu /~psteeves/classes/rusprimaryolga.html (1807 words)

	READINGS: Igor's Death and Olga's Revenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A campaign undertaken by him against the Slavic tribe of Derevlians, who lived between Kiev and the present-day Polish border, resulted in his husband.
		The Derevlians heard that he was again approaching, and consulted with Mal, their prince, saying: "If a wolf comes among the sheep, he will take away the whole flock one by one, unless he be killed.
		When the Derevlians had thus announced that their tribe had sent them to report that they had slain her husband, because he was like a wolf, crafty and ravening, but that their princes, who had thus preserved the land of Dereva, were good, and that Olga should come and marry their Prince Mal.
	www.sunbirds.com /lacquer/readings_printable/1073 (790 words)

	History Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		But Igor did not heed them, and the Derevlians came forth from the city of Izkorosten, and slew Igor and his company, for the number of the latter was few.
		The Derevlians barricaded themselves within the city, and fought valiantly from it, for they realized that they had killed the prince, and to what fate they would in consequence surrender.
		The Derevlians reentered their city with gladness, and when they reported to the inhabitants; the people of the town rejoiced.
	campus.queens.edu /depts/history/Syllabi/H331/primchron.htm (5996 words)

	Russian saints: Saint Olga
		Her thirst for revenge was not yet sated, so she sent her own messengers to the Derevlians telling that if they really wanted her to come, they needed to send their distinguished men after her so that she could go with an appropriate honor guard.
		The Derevlians, obviously not yet knowing of the fate of their previous messengers, gathered up the best men in Dereva, those who governed and led the land.
		It was then that the Derevlians asked where all the men were that they had sent to be her retinue.
	ks.essortment.com /russiansaints_rvis.htm (1367 words)

	kiev law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Derevilans then announced that their tribe had sent them to report that they had slain her husband, because he was like a wolf, crafty and ravening, but that their princes, who had thus preserved the land of Dereva, were good, and that Olga should come and marry their Prince Mal.
		Olga then sent messages to the Derevlians to the effect that, if they really really required her presence, they should send after her their distinguished men, so that she might go to their Prince with due honor, for otherwise her people in Kiev would not let her go.
		When the Derevlians were drunk, she bade her followers fail upon them, and went about herself egging on her retinue to the massacre of the Derevhans.
	history.colstate.edu /Pate/kiev.html (7908 words)

	The Revenge of Olga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He was a powerful and successful ruler, but his son Igor who ruled after him was harsh and greedy He was killed in 945 by a Slavic people called the Derevlians from whom he tried to collect triple the amount of tribute they owed.
		The Derevlians then went to Kiev to force Igor's widow Olga to marry their prince.
		When the Derevlians were drunk, she bade her followers fall upon them, and event about herself egging on her retinue to the Massacre of the Derevlians.
	wideopendoors.net /middleages_original/People/Olga.html (630 words)

	Primary Chronicle reading 1
		Certain Slavs settled also on the Dnieper, and were there called Polianians.
		Still others were named Derevlians, because they lived in the forests.
		8454 (946) Olga, together with her Son Sviatoslav, gathered a large and valiant army, and proceeded to attack the land of tile Derevlians.
	www.ku.edu /~russcult/culture/handouts/chronicle_all.html (7516 words)

	Kievan Rus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		a) First emissaries of her enemies (the Derevlians) are buried alive.
		b) Second emissaries of her enemies (the Derevlians) are burned alive in a bath house.
		c) Goes to the land of Dereva to "mourn" Igor and has her men kill 5,000 Derevlians and then defeats Dereva in battle.
	www2.tltc.ttu.edu /qualin/Culture/notes/kievan_rus.htm (277 words)

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