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The siege of Constantinople of 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus' Khaganate (Medieval Greek: Ῥῶς) recorded in Byzantine and Western European sources. The casus belli was the construction of the fortress Sarkel by Byzantine engineers, restricting the Rus' trade route along the Don River in favour of the Khazars .
Prince Oleg of Novgorod (Old East Slavic: Ѡлегъ, Old Norse: Helgi) is the Grand Prince of Kievan Rus. He is the brother of Prince Dir and Prince Askold, and uncle of Igor. A feared Varangian grand prince of Kiev, he earned his nickname "the Prophet" after taking the city of Constantinople. While negotiating his depature from the city, he claimed to have had a dream where his wine was ...
Since May 6, 2020 the position is occupied by Yury Shalabayev. [1] The mayor is not elected by popular vote, but appointed as a result of the closed vote of city council deputies. From 1991 to 2010 there was a single-headed system of legislative and executive power. From 2010 to 2017, city government was divided between two positions - the head ...
A medieval Rus' illumination. The Rus'–Byzantine War of 907 is associated in the Primary Chronicle with the name of Oleg of Novgorod. The chronicle implies that it was the most successful military operation of the Kievan Rus' against the Byzantine Empire. Paradoxically, Greek sources do not mention it at all.
Oleg din Novgorod. Oleg din Novgorod, cunoscut și ca Oleg cel Înțelept (în slavonă Олег, în nordică veche: Helgi, în limba hazarilor: Helgu; n. 845 d.Hr., Suedia – d. 912 d.Hr., Kiev, Rusia Kieveană) a fost un prinț vareg (sau konung ), care a domnit peste tot sau o parte a poporului Rus' la începutul secolului al X-lea.
The Novgorod First Chronicle (Russian: Новгоро́дская пе́рвая ле́топись, romanized: Novgoródskaya pérvaya létopisʹ, IPA: [nəvɡɐˈrot͡skəjə ˈpʲervəjə ˈlʲetəpʲɪsʲ], [1] commonly abbreviated as NPL [1]) or The Chronicle of Novgorod, 1016–1471 [2] is the oldest extant Rus' chronicle of the Novgorod ...
Oleg of Novgorod (Slavic: Олег, Old Norse: Helgi) was a Varangian prince (or konung) who ruled all or part of the Rus' people during the early 10th century. He is credited with moving the capital of Rus' from Novgorod the Great to Kiev and, in doing so, he laid the foundation of the powerful state of Kievan Rus'. He also launched at least one attack on Constantinople, capital of the ...
