# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oleg-of-novgorod
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:50:33.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oleg-of-novgorod"
name: "Oleg of Novgorod"
slug: "oleg-of-novgorod"
description: "He walked out of Novgorod and down the Dnieper, pulling the scattered East Slavic tribes into a single structure under Kiev — the scaffolding that became Kievan Rus'. A Varangian prince who struck Constantinople and died in 912, though some sources place a ruler by his name still active decades later."
tagline: "Prince of Kiev"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8E_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%83_%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "845"
deathDate: "912"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.89790266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
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  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Oleg%20of%20Novgorod"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halga_Snotor"
    title: "Halga Snotor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%BA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "أوليغ النبوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اوليج النبوى"
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    title: "الق نووقورود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Oleq Veşiy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Алег Вешчы"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Олег"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_de_K%C3%ADev"
    title: "Oleg de Kíev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Oleg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Oleg af Novgorod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_(Kiewer_Rus)"
    title: "Oleg (Kiewer Rus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Όλεγκ ο Σοφός"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Oleg the Wise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olego_la_Sa%C4%9Da"
    title: "Olego la Saĝa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_de_N%C3%B3vgorod"
    title: "Oleg de Nóvgorod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Novgorodekoa"
    title: "Oleg Novgorodekoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الگ نووگورود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Viisas"
    title: "Oleg Viisas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_le_Sage"
    title: "Oleg le Sage"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_de_K%C3%ADiv"
    title: "Oleg de Kíiv"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg"
    title: "Oleg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_van_Ki%C3%ABf"
    title: "Oleg van Kiëf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Oleg succeeded his kinsman Rurik as prince of Novgorod, then pushed south along the Dnieper, subduing East Slavic tribes and making Kiev the center of his rule. He launched a successful attack on Constantinople, projecting Rus' power to Byzantium's gates. He died in 912 and was succeeded by Rurik's son Igor. The Primary Chronicle's timeline has drawn fire: the Schechter Letter mentions a khagan named Helgu active in the 940s under Romanus I, and historians still argue over whether Oleg was kin, regent, or rival to the Rurikid line.