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1. Olga the princess adopted Christianity.
2. King Vladimir sent 10 people to search for religions , and it had a GREAT outcome so he dumped himself in a pool of water to convert to Christianity, and drowned the gods. Then he forced his people to dump themselves in water and convert to Christianity.

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Christianity was a powerful influence on early Russia. Through trade, Russians learned about religions that worshipped only one god. Christianity in Russia spread through Orthodox Christian missionaries sent from the Byzantine Empire. Princess Olga traveled to Constantinople and learned about Christianity. On her return to Kiev, she encouraged the practice of Christianity among her people. Prince Vladimir wanted to unite his people under one religion, so he sent envoys ("ten good true men") to visit other lands and examine the major religions. The nobles, on their return, spoke of the splendor and beauty of Byzantine churches and said they were most impressed with Orthodox Christianity. Prince Vladimir converted to Orthodox Christianity like his grandmother Olga and forced all the people of Kiev to become Christians. He had the pictures and idols of old gods and goddesses destroyed. In these ways, Russia became a Christian country.

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Early Russians came in contact with other countries through trade and learnt about religions such as Christianity. Christianity worked its way into Russia from the Byzantine Empire. Greek missionaries from Constantinople brought Christianity to the Russian city of Kiev in about 900. These missionaries taught some of the early Russians about Christianity. Princess Olga traveled to Constantinople, learned about Christianity and on her return to Kiev encouraged people to practice Orthodox Christianity. Her grandson Vladimir converted to Orthodox Christianity and forced all the people of Kiev to convert too. He ordered the statues and pictures of old Russian gods and goddesses destroyed by having them thrown into the Dnieper River. Thus, Russia became a Christian country.

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1. Queen Olga adapted and learned Christian from the Byzantine Emperor.

2. Vladimir sent 10 messengers to inform him on which religion is the most suitable for him. His messengers told him that Christian is the best answer. After he converted to Christian, he forced the entire town to convert as well. He also got rid of all the statues, and since then, making Russia a christian country.

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How Did Russia Become a Christian Country? - Abinaya's Post

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How Did Russia Become a Christian Country? - Abinaya's Post

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Princess Olga traveled to Constantinople and studied Orthodox Christianity. Once she returned to Kiev, she encouraged her people to practice Orthodox Christianity. They refused and wanted to stay true to their gods of nature, wind, and the fields. Even her own son refused! Years later many different statues of gods still stood in Kiev.  Princess Olga's grandson Prince Vladimir was interested of powerful religions. Instead of many gods he wanted a religion that followed one god, a religion that was monotheistic. He asked his nobles for their opinion on his thoughts. The nobles told him he should send ten men to go and see the different religions. When the returned, the told the prince the were the most impressed with Orthodox Christianity. They told him the church's beauty was magnificent. So then Prince Vladimir converted to a Orthodox Christian just like his grandmother who had also influenced the prince's decision. There was another factor too. As mentioned before he wanted a religion that only worshiped one god. This left him to choose from Judaism, Christianity, or Islamic. He did not want to choose Judaism, and did not want to choose Islamic because it had a strict rule the prohibited drinking alcohol and eating pork. This left them with Christianity. After it was decided Prince Vladimir would convert to a Orthodox Christian, he forced all of Russia to also convert to a Orthodox Christian. Then, to represent that Russia was converting to Orthodox Christianity, he took the photos and statues of their old gods and put them in the river. - This is how Russia became a Christian country.

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Overview of the Chapter:
We finally take a dive into Russian history. Why did Russians become Orthodox? In this post hopefully you will learn a little something about it.

Princess Olga was the queen at the time. After Igor I died, Princess Olga took control of the throne. Olga decided to search for a religion for Russia. When Olga came into power she decided to visit Constantinople, there she met the Byzantine emperor. The leader of the Constantinople orthodox christian church decided to teach Olga the orthodox christian customs. She learned the religion like a sponge absorbing water. She decided to adopt christianity for the country. Soon after Olga died, her grandson Vladimir the great sent scouts to different countries to find new religion and the scouts loved the architecture and reported it to the Vladimir. Vladimir was amazed with the scouts report and forced everyone in the country to become an orthodox christian. Vladimir threw all of the statues of the previous gods into a river. After that, russian citizens became orthodox christian.

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1. Olga learned and adopted Christianity because of the Byzantine Emperor.

2. Vladimir sent ten good and true men to visit other lands and learn about other religions. They came back and reported that Christianity impressed them the most. Vladimir became Christian and forced his people to convert to Christianity.

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1. Princess Olga learned about Orthodox Christianity and really liked the religion so she told the people of Russia to practice Orthodox Christianity.
2. Prince Vladimir sent "ten good and true men" to learn about other religions and the men thought that Orthodox Christianity was the best religion. Prince Vladimir then ordered all the people in Kiev to convert to Christianity.

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1. Olga the princess adopted Christianity.
2. King Vladimir sent 10 people to search for religouns, and it had a GREAT outcome so he dumped himself in a pool of water to convert to Christianity, and drowned the gods. Then he forced his people to dump themselves in water and convert to Christianity.

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Olga adopted Christianity And Then Prince Vladimir sent ten good true men to find out about different religions and they men liked Christianity more than anything else so he made himself and everyone Christian

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Russia became a Christian Country.

1. This happened when Princess Olga went to another place and when she learned about Christianity, she came back to her place and ordered everyone to be Christians. This did not work and even her son did not believe in this.

2.When Vladimir sent 10 people to learn about the other religions, they came back saying that Christianity was good. He destroyed all the idols and painting of the old gods. Vladimir told everyone to be Christian, and this time it worked.

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This started when Princess Olga of Kiev met the Byzantine Emperor and asked him to teach her Christianity. Olga returned to Kiev and encouraged people to practice Orthodox Christianity. Eventually, her grandson Vladimir forced his people to practice Orthodox Christianity.

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1. Olga, the queen, adopted Christianity
2. Prince Vladimir sent "ten good and true men" to learn about other religions, and the ten men decided that they liked Christianity best. So, Prince Vladmir ordered all the people in Kiev to become Christians.