# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dir
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:50:44.903Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dir"
name: "Dir"
slug: "dir"
description: "Askold and Dir, mentioned in both the Primary Chronicle and the Younger Redaction of the Novgorod First Chronicle, are the earliest recorded Varangian rulers of Kiev. There has been controversy over what these records mean for the historicity, origins, status and identity of Askold and Dir."
tagline: "Prince of Kiev"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%94%D1%96%D1%80.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "900"
deathDate: "882"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.756882666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%96%D1%80"
    title: "Дір"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%80_(%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B5%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8C)"
    title: "Дзір (кіеўскі князь)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%80"
    title: "Дзір"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Дир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Dir"
    title: "Prince Dir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dir"
    title: "Dir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dir_de_Kiev"
    title: "Dir de Kiev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Дир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1958512"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump