What is Oleg the Wise?
{{Sources|date=November 2024}} [[File:1899. Russian konung Oleg by Vasnetsov-2.jpg|thumb|506x506px|Lay of Oleg the Wise by Viktor Vasnetsov (1899)]] '''Oleg''' ({{lang-orv|Ѡлегъ, Ольгъ}}), known as '''Oleg the Wise''', '''Oleg of Novgorod''' or '''Oleg of Kiev''', was a [[Varangians|Varangian]] prince of the Rus' who became the first prince of [[Kyiv|Kiev]], thereby laying the foundations of the [[Kievan Rus']] state. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:9th-century people]] [[Category:10th-century people]] [[Category:European monarchs]] {{history-stub}}