- male, deceased (912)
- Prince (or konung) Oleg was a Varangian ruler who moved the capital of Rus from Novgorod the Great to Kiev and, in doing so, founded the powerful...
- female, deceased (969)
- Saint Olga (also called "Olga Prekrasa" (Ольга Прекраса), or "Olga the Beauty", Old Norse: "Helga"; born c. 890 died July 11, 969, Kiev) was a P...
- male, deceased (1228)
- Mstislav Mstislavich the Bold was one of the most popular and active princes of Kievan Rus' in the decades preceding Mongol invasion of Rus. He was...
- female, deceased (1796)
- Catherine II of Russia, called the Great reigned as Empress of Russia for some 34 years, from June 28 1762 until her death. She was one of Russia's...
- male
- Jonathan Shepard is a British historian specializing in early medieval Russia, the Caucasus, and the Byzantine Empire. He is regarded as a leading...
- male, 1109 years old
- Dobrynya was Vladimir the Great's maternal uncle and tutor who was later transformed in Russian folklore into the invincible bogatyr Dobrynya...
- male, deceased (2001)
- Boris Alexandrovich Rybakov, June 3 1908 — December 27 2001) was a Soviet and Russian historian who personified the anti-Normanist vision of Ru...
- male
- Ostromir was a statesman, voivod and posadnik of Novgorod in 1054-1057 and probably for some decades previous. Ostromir is known from the first...
- female, deceased (1098)
- Gytha of Wessex was one of several daughters of Ealdgyth Swan-neck by Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. According to Saxo...
- male
- Joseph ben Aaron was king of the Khazars during the 950s and 960s. Joseph was the son of Aaron II, a Khazar ruler who defeated a Byzantine-inspired...
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