Malusha (Ukrainian and Russian: Малуша) was a housekeeper and concubine of Sviatoslav I of Kiev. Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Concubinage is the state of a woman or youth in an ongoing quasi-matrimonial relationship with a man of higher social status Sviatoslav I of Kiev ( Old East Slavic: С~тославъ (Свąтославъ Игорєвичь ( Sventoslavŭ Igorevichǐ) Russian: ru Святослав According to Slavonic chronicles, she was the mother of Vladimir the Great and sister of Dobrynya. The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages Saint Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great ( Old Russian: Володимеръ Святославичь, c Dobrynya was Vladimir the Great 's maternal uncle and tutor who was later transformed in Russian folklore into the invincible Bogatyr Dobrynya Nikitich The Norse sagas describe Vladimir's mother as a prophetess who lived to the age of 100 and was brought from her cave to the palace to predict the future. The sagas (from Icelandic saga, plural sögur) are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history about early Viking voyages
As the chronicles are silent on the subject of Malusha's pedigree, 19th-century Russian historians devised various theories to explain her parentage and name. An archaeologist Dmitry Prozorovsky believed that Malusha was the daughter of Mal, a Drevlyan leader. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos The Drevlians ( Деревляни, Derevliany in Ukrainian; Древляне, Drevlyane in Russian) were a Tribe A prominent chronicle researcher and linguist Alexei Shakhmatov considered Malusha to be the daughter of Mstisha Sveneldovich, son of a Kievan voyevoda Sveneld. Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields Aleksey Aleksandrovich Shakhmatov ( 5 June 1864 - 16 August 1920) was an outstanding Russian philologist credited with laying Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the A voivode or waywode is a Slavic title that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force Sveneld (Russian Свенельд was a 10th-century Varangian warlord in the service of Svyatoslav I of Kiev and his family He believed that the name Malusha was a slavinized version of a Scandinavian name Malfried. The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well Another Russian historian Dmitry Ilovaisky came to an opposite conclusion that the Slavic name Malusha was turned into a Scandinavian Malfried. Dmitry Ivanovich Ilovaisky (1832-1920 was an anti-Normanist Russian historian who penned a number of standard history textbooks Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky criticized both of these versions. Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky (Михайло Сергійович Грушевський Chełm ( — Kislovodsk, 26 November, 1934) was
The Primary Chronicle records that a certain Malfried died in 1000. This record follows that of Rogneda's death. Rogneda of Polotsk (962-1002 is the Slavic name for Ragnhild, whose father Ragnvald (Slavic Rogvolod came from overseas (i Since Rogneda was Vladimir's wife, historians assume that Malfried was another close relative of the ruling prince, preferably his wife or mother.