The adoption of Christianity had an impact on laws and on their
administration as well. The Chronicle story of Olga’s revenge
(Olga was the grandmother of Vladimir I) is not only a great
tale of pagan revenge, but also a parable about the change
conversion can bring. Princess Olga’s husband was killed by the
Drevlians, a Slavic tribe which paid tribute to the Kniaz of
Kiev, because he demanded payment twice in one year. Still, they
should not have tied the Great Prince’s legs to two saplings,
and… You get the idea. After the deed was done, the Drevlian
chieftain sent a marriage proposal to Princess Olga. In his
mind, since he had killed her husband, he had a duty to take
over the role, and since he had defeated the said prince, he
thought Olga should be flattered by his proposal. But she
wasn’t. Yet she dissembled, and persuaded him to send his
envoys. Olga pretended to show them great honor by having her
men carry the Drevlians’ boats from the river Dniepr towards the
Prince’s residence… and straight into a