Who was Malusha? On the question of the origin of Prince Vladimir Prince of Kiev, son of the housekeeper Malusha

She became the mother of Prince Vladimir.

Malusha was also the sister of Dobrynya - the future governor of Vladimir and the prototype of the epic Dobrynya Nikitich.

early years

The place and exact time of Malushi's birth are unknown. It is believed that she came from the city of Lyubech, now known as a village in Ukraine, or from Lubeck, a Western Slavic city now located in Germany. Born around 940.

Princess Olga Malusha was in the position of a slave, although some researchers consider her something of a favorite. The latter is hardly possible, given the facts of humiliating treatment of her, Dobrynya and even Vladimir.

Thus, describing the early years of Dobrynya Nikitich, epics report that in his youth he had to serve as a housekeeper, a groom, a doorkeeper, and a lockmaker. When Prince Vladimir wooed Rogneda, the daughter of the Polotsk prince Rogvolod, she angrily said that she did not want to marry a “robichich,” that is, a slave son.

Vladimir and Dobrynya regarded this as a serious insult, and Dobrynya advised his nephew to take revenge - to dishonor Rogneda in front of her parents. It is reported that Olga was angry with Malusha for something and sent her to a remote village.

Shortly before this, Olga’s son Svyatoslav “took her to his bed.” From this contact she became pregnant and already in the village gave birth to Svyatoslav’s son, Vladimir. Subsequently, Olga donated this village (more precisely, a village) to the Church of the Virgin Mary. There are several versions as to why Malusha was sent to the village.

According to D.I. Prozorovsky, Malusha, being a Christian, violated the commandment “do not commit adultery” by copulating with Svyatoslav, which aroused the anger of the princess. Prozorovsky considered this version to be confirmed by an entry in one of the chronicles, where Malusha is called the princess’s “myostnik” - that is, she distributed alms on the streets on her orders; this was the occupation of a Christian woman.

According to another version, Olga was not angry with the housekeeper, but sent her away from Kyiv in order to protect her from death during a small civil war. Popular unrest began because Bishop Adalbert of Magdeburg came to Kyiv at Olga’s request to spread Christianity. The pagan population of the city opposed this and carried out a massacre in which Adalbert almost died.

Malusha in old age

There is no information about Malusha’s future life or about her death. However, there is the “Jomsviking Saga”, which tells about the Scandinavian brotherhood and the mysterious Jomsborg Castle. The events in it take place in the 10th century; a certain part of the work is devoted to the life of the Russian prince Vladimir and his entourage, and in particular, Malusha is mentioned in old age.

The prince's mother in the saga has difficulty moving, but has the gift of prediction. She foresees that next year no wars or strife are expected in Rus', and that a prince will be born in Norway who will be raised in Rus'. In this case, we are talking about the Norwegian king Olaf I Tryggvason, who actually spent his childhood and youth in Novgorod and Kyiv.

His mother Astrid took him to Rus' with her, who fled here to her brother Sigurd from persecution. Sigurd served in the army of Prince Vladimir, where Olaf was later enlisted. However, the reliability of the saga raises doubts among researchers due to some historical and cultural inconsistencies. On the other hand, archaeological finds so far speak in favor of its authenticity. One way or another, this is the only monument that mentions Malushi’s later years.

"In the Tretyakov Gallery
There are only Jews on the walls.
And from the “three heroes”
The one on the left was also a Jew.”
(folk art)

This poem, which many have probably heard, has a pseudo-scientific basis, as well as a specific ideological goal, which is not at all associated with Dobrynya Nikitich (the hero depicted in Vasnetsov’s painting on the left of the whole three).

Let's listen to this rationale:

“As a result of one of the successful campaigns against the Khazars, part of their possessions went to Kyiv, including, among others, the city of Lyubech (now in the Chernigov region, Ukraine). "The Tale of Bygone Years" (referring to 960) names one of the residents of Lyubech, a Jew, calling him Malk Lyubechanin.
He received mention in the chronicles because of his children. He had two of them: daughter Malka and son Tobiah.
Apparently, their father gave them a good education for those times, and therefore Olga took them to serve at court. She made Malka a housekeeper (housekeeper) and a benefactor - responsible for distributing alms, and assigned Tobias as a teacher - first to her son, and then to her grandson.
At the same time, she renamed them. Malka received an affectionate name - Malusha, and from Toviy she removed the “tracing paper”, that is, she translated his name, which has a semantic meaning, into Russian: Toviy comes from the Hebrew “tov” - kind, and Olga turned Toviy into Dobrynya (the name has been preserved only in
surname - Dobrynin).
What were the fates of Malk Lyubechanin’s children? Svyatoslav fell in love with Malusha and married her. The youngest son from their marriage was Vladimir.
Dobrynya showed leadership talent, and he, having become Svyatoslav’s governor, played an outstanding role in the victorious battles with the Khazars. Subsequently, already under Vladimir, he was appointed princely posadnik (governor) in Novgorod and, at the direction of Vladimir, baptized the Novgorodians.
And here is a seemingly paradoxical situation in Russian religious history: the baptism of Rus' in Kyiv was carried out by Vladimir, whose mother Malusha was Jewish, and in Novgorod - his uncle, his mother’s brother.”
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Wow, what's going on! Jews ruled Russia, Jews were epic heroes... in general, no matter what, “there are only Jews on the walls.”

I doubted for a long time whether it was worth writing a refutation of this obvious nonsense. But the story is actively circulating on the Internet and has recently been gaining more and more popularity on forums, so I took the plunge.

In the “Debunking Myths” section, we have already stated more than once that certain historical myths, as a rule, are based on half-truths and half-fiction. This ensures the “reliability” of interpretations of history. Here we have an absolute, one hundred percent lie, only caught at the edge of the historical context.

As far as I was able to track, the source and propagandist of this “theory” is the “teaching” of the amateur and swindler Khinevich about “Ingliism”, the so-called. “Rodnoveria”, “Aryan race”, “Slavic Vedas”, “Creation of the world in the starry temple” and other nonsense that has neither primary sources nor historical evidence. Personally, it is enough for me that, according to Khinevich himself, he received all his knowledge “directly from the god Ramkha.”
The purpose of this stuff is to discredit the Christian faith, calling it Esperantized Judaism in the form of the eastern branch of Christianity, that is, Orthodoxy, and thereby driving into one stall the “opponents” of the “true faith of the ancestors of the Russians.”

Let's start with the fact that supporters of this theory a priori do not see the difference between Orthodox Christianity and Judaism, as well as between Jews and Jews. While Christianity is a direct opposition and an ardent opponent of Judaism by definition.

Firstly, the Tale of Bygone Years refers in its mention of Malk to the 970th year, and not to the 960th year. But this does not greatly affect the essence, but only indicates a superficial knowledge of the original source by the authors of the theory. Secondly, NOT ONE source, direct or indirect, says that Malk was a Jew - this is an idle speculation that has absolutely no basis.

(In the year 6478 (970). Svyatoslav put Yaropolk in Kiev, and Oleg with the Drevlyans. At that time the Novgorodians came, asking for a prince: “If you don’t come to us, then we will get ourselves a prince.” And Svyatoslav said to them: “And who would come to you?" And Yaropolk and Oleg refused. And Dobrynya said: "Ask Vladimir." Vladimir was from Malusha - Olgina's housekeeper. Malusha was Dobrynya's sister; their father was Malk Lyubechanin, and Dobrynya was Vladimir's uncle. And the Novgorodians said to Svyatoslav: “Give us Vladimir.” He answered them: “Here he is for you.” And the Novgorodians took Vladimir to themselves, and Vladimir and Dobrynya, his uncle, went to Novgorod, and Svyatoslav to Pereyaslavets) .

Most researchers agree that the chronicle Malk was a Drevlyan prince, a Slav. This is precisely the reason why his children fell into the service of Princess Olga - they were “hostages” taken to the princely court after Olga’s conquest of the Drevlyans and the imprisonment of their prince Mal (Malka), whom the Drevlyans wooed Olga as husbands immediately after the murder of Prince Igor (Novgorod First Chronicle ).
That is why the Drevlyan prince received mention in the chronicle, and not because an ordinary Jew from Lyubech "Apparently[…]gave them[to my children] good education for those times.” That is why the illegitimate youngest (!) son of Svyatoslav was recognized by Olga, since he had a noble origin (Svyatoslav did not marry Malusha, as the “theory” claims - she was his concubine). And it was precisely because of this noble origin that Dobrynya received the opportunity for a military career.

Next excerpt.
“At the same time, she renamed them. Malka received an affectionate name - Malusha, and from Toviy she removed the “tracing paper”, that is, she translated his name, which has a semantic meaning, into Russian: Toviy comes from the Hebrew “tov” - kind, and Olga turned Toviy into Dobrynya.

And again, idle speculation. We first meet Malusha in the chronicle under... the Slavic name “Malusha”. There is no mention of any “Malka” in the chronicle. Dobrynya also appears for the first time, oddly enough, under the Slavic name “Dobrynya”. And any Tobiah associated with his personality is absent from the text. The question is, where did the authors get this information? The answer is obvious - they came up with...

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Arrows shine behind your back,
The horse tramples the expanse of the steppe.
This is Rabinovich jumping,
Glorious Russian hero.

The hat is embroidered with gold,
The sword burns like turquoise.
For the fatherland he is protection,
For offenders - a thunderstorm.

He goes out into the field and reaps and plows.
When he goes into the city, there are people there:
“Rabinovich! Of bread! Porridge!
He will feed everyone, give water to everyone.

And then, sitting aside,
For orphans and the poor
He casts crowns,
Places teeth and bridges.

But fellow citizens are persistent,
Despite the glorious work,
Still with a “Jewish face”
Rabinovich's name.

In Russian history, there is a woman who, along with Olga, on pagan public pages is usually painted exclusively with black paint. Yes, yes... Malusha.
And Malka, she is a Jew/Khazar woman and she villainously got Svyatoslav drunk and seduced her (and this is confirmed with the confidence of eyewitnesses)... Nobody really provided a video recording the moment of intoxication and seduction... but too many people are SO pleased and accustomed to thinking and shouting that the Jews are to blame for everything...
To begin with, three variants of her name were recorded: Malka, Malusha and Mausa.
Volodymer was from Malusha, the housekeeper Olgina, who was also Dobrynya’s sister, and his father was Malk Lyubechanin. //PSRL T 1, Laurentian Chronicle L. USSR Academy of Sciences 1926-1928 p. 50.
Olga had a maiden housekeeper Velmi red with the name of Mouse, but I took Svyatoslav to my bed, she was conceived by him and bore him a son, Vladimir, see Novikov N.I. The most detailed History of the Russian Sovereigns // Ancient Russian Vifliotika St. Petersburg 1791

Malka - “the youngest of the daughters”, see Dictionary of the Church Slavonic and Russian Language, St. Petersburg, 1847, page 36. V. Dahl’s dictionary also deduces Malusha, from the little one..
But the logic of the opponents is this: Malka is “queen” in Hebrew, the name is Jewish, which means Malusha-Malka and she is Jewish.
It is also necessary to take into account the fact that names do not directly indicate ethnic nature. (..) Among the Slavs, the development of the nomenclature was restrained by the strength of the community (..). As in Rome, female names among the Slavs are extremely rare (..) Apparently, the name Malusha (from Malko’s father) has this origin, see Kuzmin A.G. Old Russian names and their parallels//Where did the Russian land come from VI-X in Book 2 M 1986
Let's assume that Malusha is from his father. Malak, supporters of "Jewishness" usually translate as "king". But in Hebrew “king” is “melech”, and “malik” is in Arabic. Corresponding dictionaries are available. The Khazars (and Malusha is naturally declared a Khazar), however, did not have any “maliks” in the title. There were: tuduns, khans, beks, kagan. see Artamonov M.N. History of Khazaria, see Pletnev S.A. Khazars (various ed.) And if you read Ibn-Ruste, then there is “swiet-malik” - the title of a SLAVIC ruler. Is the ruler of the Slavs a Jew or is Ibn Ruste the Arab, in order to be understood by the Arabs for whom he wrote, using a title understandable to the Arabs? In addition, Kommersant could also be read as E, an example of a lie, but a modern one. faith and we get quite the Slavic name Malek.
"in the most ancient chronicle of Malka"...so what?. Information about Rurik being the grandson of Gostomysl is also set out in not the earliest chronicles, see Fomin V.V. The initial history of Rus'.
“Proud Rogneda named her son rabbi”... when? The chronicle says ROBICHICH, through O.T.e, the son of a robe/slave/worker. Based on the Ipatiev Chronicle, Sreznevsky I.I. wrote that Malusha was a charity worker, that is, Olga’s favorite, see Sreznevsky I.I. About Malusha, housekeeper of Grand Prince Olga the mother of Vladimir. Notes of the Imperial Academy of Sciences 1864 St. Petersburg page 35. That is, she worked for Olga.
Rabbinich is the Russian word for the son of a rabbi. Svyatoslav the Brave Rabbi?? And what is the evidence for this?? Or Svyatoslav, having his own sons, it is not clear why he adopted the son of an unknown rabbi???.. No, Vladimir is the son of Svyatoslav and therefore is not a rabbi. On the basis that Svyatoslav recognized Vladimir and gave him reign in Novgorod on the Volkhov (and according to the Varangian legend - in the family nest!!) Prozorovsky D.I. claimed that Vladimir is the eldest son and LEGAL heir, see Prozorovsky D.I. About the relationship of St. Vladimir on his mother’s side. Notes of the Imperial Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg 1864
“Vladimir called himself kagan!”..
Yes, so what? The Bertin annals of 839 mention “the kagan of the people of Ros” - was he a Jew? The Byzantines titled Askold Kagan, see Tsvetkov S.V. Prince Rurik and his time St. Petersburg 2012 pp. 51-53. Oleg Svyatoslavich, the same Gorislavich from “The Tale of the Regiment”, also signed Kagan, see A.L. Nikitin. Foundations of Russian history M 2001..
"Only a Jew could baptize Rus'!" Really?? Bravlin, baptized in 790, see "The Life of St. Stephen of Sourozh", Askold, baptized in 867, the Russians, baptized in the 5th century, see "The Life of St. Severin" - were they Jews?? And what evidence is there for this?.. Or at the same time, Clovis of Frank, Mieszko 1 of Poland, Svyatopolk of Moravia, Boris of Bulgaria, Borzhivo of Czech were Jews? Olaf, the son of Trygge in the saga about which Vladimir’s mother is depicted as a PAGAN witch and the baptist of Norway - is he also a Jew??
The source of the nonsense about Malusha the “Jew” is very indicative.
In 1913, the poet V. Khlebnikov published a PARODY of Pushkin’s poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, “Granddaughter of Malushi”. In his parody, Khlebnikov wrote “Khazar Khan Jew Chaim.” From this phrase, a certain Emelyanov V.N., an emigrant who wanted to make money in his book “Desionization,” brought out the Jewish Malusha. By the way, he wrote that “Vladimir, according to an insidious Jewish plan, set up UNKNOWN IDOLS TO ANYONE..” well, that is, according to Emelyanov, there was no Perun, no Khors, no Mokosha... . Then Israeli citizen S.Yu. Dudukov. developed Emelyanov’s ideas in his opus “Peter Shapirov”, then the same idea was picked up by B. Altshuler The Last Secret of Russia M 1996.. the telling name of the author.. First/Senior sharper... yeah.
The idea of ​​Malush the Jew is actively promoted on the Jewish Intellectual Forum website...
Maybe stop harping on the nonsense about Malusha the Jew, which has not a single basis, launched from Israel, and start studying the REAL reasons for Vladimir’s baptism of the country? Should Malusha the SLAVYANKA be left alone?

Ilya Levko

Malusha- slave-housekeeper of the holy Princess Olga, concubine of her son Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich, mother of Prince Vladimir the Saint and sister of Dobrynya.

Since she is the mother of Vladimir the Saint, her genealogy is quite important, however there is no information about her origins, except for a mention in the Tale of Bygone Years “Volodimer was from Malusha, the housekeeper Olgina, the same was Dobrynya’s sister; his father was Malak Lyubechanin.” Orthodox historians put forward versions that Malk Lyubechanin was a Drevlyan, a Scandinavian, etc.

Pseudoscientific hypothesis

However, there are alternative versions of her origins, mostly related to Jewish themes and based on the etymology of her father's name Malka:

• Malusha was the daughter of a Khazar rabbi Malka. This is supposedly where Vladimir’s nickname “slave” came from (in reality, the son of a slave, not a rabbi).

The well-known Vladimir was the son of the housekeeper Malusha, who was in the service of his grandmother, Princess Olga. This diminutive name comes from her father, Rabbi Malka. Translated from Hebrew, malk is king. In history he was called Dobrynya, but it would be a mistake to assume that this is a Russian name. It also comes from the Hebrew name Dobran, which means talker, orator, talker. Due to its close consonance with the Russian word, they used to call it Dobrynya. In his affairs, he showed himself in all his Levitical scope - exceptionally cruel, as befits a Jew raised in the family of a rabbi.

Princess Olga was very angry not so much because her son Svyatoslav got mixed up in the stable with her housekeeper, but because the latter belonged to the vile exploitative family of Jews. She sent Malusha to Pskov, where the illegitimate half-Jewish rabbi Vladimir was born. In the future, the word rabbi, again due to consonance, will persistently be replaced as “son of a slave,” rabichich.

It is well known that the mother of Vladimir, the Red Sun, was the Khazar princess Malka (Malusha), and his teacher was his uncle, Malka’s brother, Dovbr. He was a Khazar knight (hero), he entered the service of Svyatoslav to be close to his nephew and sister. Apparently, we need to start counting the service of the Judeo-Khazars to the Russian princes with him, and Dovbr (Dobrynya) played a big role in the baptism of Rus', and he should be considered the first “cross.” Moreover, Dovbr was not alone; with him was a Judeo-Khazar squad.

conclusions

Neopagan historian Valery Emelyanov(1929-1999) based his attitude towards Prince Vladimir on this assumption. “... Emelyanov “exposed” the Kyiv prince Vladimir, the baptizer of Rus', as a vile traitor. What was Prince Vladimir guilty of before the neo-pagans? The mystery is revealed simply. Not wanting to see a fundamental difference between Judaism and Christianity, Emelyanov called the adoption of Christianity by Prince Vladimir and the revolution of 1917 the most catastrophic events in the history of Rus', “After all, it was in 988 that international Zion managed to crush the main and practically the last main center of Aryan ideology at that time, replacing it with reformed, or rather, Esperantized Judaism in the form of the eastern branch of Christianity, that is, Orthodoxy.” Thus, the Russian people were allegedly robbed of their “Aryan” history, ideology and culture. How did it happen that the Russian prince laid the foundation for the implementation of this “devilish plan”? This did not surprise Emelyanov at all - after all, the mother of the Russian prince was, it turns out, Jewish, and his grandfather was closely connected with the Khazar Khaganate, which occupied and mercilessly exploited the ancient Russian lands. Taking up this “discovery” of Emelyanov, another neo-pagan anti-Semite from St. Petersburg V. N. Bezverkhy(1930-2000) argued that on the eve of Christianization, Jews deliberately introduced the cult of crude idols and bloody sacrifices in Rus' in order to then fight this cult and instill the “slave ideology of Christianity.” This seemed to express their revenge for the defeat of Khazaria.”