Oleg of Novgorod (Oleg the Prophet)

Oleg of Novgorod, known as Oleg the Prophet (died c. 912), was a kinsman and successor of Rurik who ruled the Rus in the late ninth and early tenth centuries. According to the Primary Chronicle he seized Kiev around 882 and made it his capital, an act traditionally credited with uniting the northern and southern Rus lands and founding the state of Kievan Rus. He is also remembered for a campaign against Constantinople that secured a trade treaty with the Byzantine Empire. The Novgorod First Chronicle gives an alternative date of 922 for his death, and his career is known only from these semi-legendary sources.