Oleg of Novgorod

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Varangian historical figure prince regent ruler of Kievan Rus'

Oleg of Novgorod was a Varangian prince and regent who expanded and consolidated the early Kievan Rus', traditionally credited with moving the capital to Kiev and laying the foundations of the medieval Rus' state.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Oleg of Novgorod canonical	7
Oleg of the Drevlians (reburial)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Varangian ⓘ historical figure ⓘ prince ⓘ regent ⓘ ruler of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
associatedWith	Dnieper trade route ⓘ surface form: Dnieper River trade route Volga trade route ⓘ surface form: Varangian trade routes
chronicleMention	Rus' chronicles ⓘ surface form: Primary Chronicle
countryOfCitizenship	Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus'
culture	Old East Slavic ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Varangians ⓘ
hasAlias	Helgi ⓘ Oleg ⓘ surface form: Oleg the Prophet Oleh the Seer ⓘ
influenced	political structure of Kievan Rus' ⓘ trade relations between Rus' and Byzantium ⓘ
knownFor	campaigns against the Byzantine Empire ⓘ campaigns against the Eastern Slavs ⓘ campaigns against the Khazars ⓘ moving the capital of Kievan Rus' to Kiev ⓘ uniting northern and southern Rus' lands ⓘ
language	Old East Slavic ⓘ
legacy	considered one of the founders of the Kievan Rus' state ⓘ
memberOf	Rurik dynasty ⓘ surface form: Rurikid dynasty
militaryRank	warlord ⓘ
notableEvent	Rus'–Byzantine treaties ⓘ surface form: Rus'–Byzantine Treaty of 911 siege of Constantinople (907) ⓘ treaty with Byzantium (907) ⓘ
notableWork	consolidation of early Kievan Rus' ⓘ expansion of Kievan Rus' ⓘ foundations of the medieval Rus' state ⓘ transfer of capital to Kiev ⓘ
occupation	military leader ⓘ prince ⓘ
partOf	history of Kievan Rus' ⓘ medieval Russian history ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Kyiv ⓘ surface form: Kiev
positionHeld	Prince of Novgorod ⓘ regent of Kievan Rus' ⓘ ruler of Kiev ⓘ
predecessor	Rurik ⓘ
regentFor	Igor of Kiev ⓘ
religion	Slavic paganism ⓘ
residence	Kyiv ⓘ surface form: Kiev Novgorod ⓘ
role	founder of Kievan Rus' power in Kiev ⓘ
successor	Igor of Kiev ⓘ
timePeriod	early 10th century ⓘ late 9th century ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rurik → succeededBy → Oleg of Novgorod ⓘ

Igor of Kiev → predecessor → Oleg of Novgorod ⓘ

Rus' → ruler → Oleg of Novgorod ⓘ

Prince of Novgorod → officeHolder → Oleg of Novgorod ⓘ

Varangians → associatedWith → Oleg of Novgorod ⓘ

Grand Prince of Kiev → firstHolder → Oleg of Novgorod ⓘ

Tale of Bygone Years → containsAccountOf → Oleg of Novgorod ⓘ

Church of the Tithes → burialPlaceOf → Oleg of Novgorod ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oleg of the Drevlians (reburial)