See also:

• OLEG (?-912)

OLEG (?-912)  , See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• KIEV
• KIEV, KIEFF, or KIYEFF

Kiev, succeeded Rurik, as being the eldest member of the ducal See also:

• FAMILY

family, in the principality of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• NOVGOROD
• NOVGOROD (formerly known as V elikiy-Novgorod, Great Novgorod)

Novgorod, the first See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

metropolis . Three years later he moved southwards and, after taking See also:

• SMOLENSK

Smolensk and other places, fixed his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at Kiev, which he made his See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . He then proceeded to build a fortress there and gradually compelled the surrounding tribes to pay him See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute, extending his conquests in all directions (883-903) at the expense of the See also:

• KHAZARS (known also as Chozars, as 'Aal r?'rpor or X6 apor in Byzantine writers, as Khazirs in Armenian and Khwalisses in Russian chronicles, and Ugri Bielii in Nestor)

Khazars, who hitherto had held all See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia to tribute . In 907, with a See also:

• HOST

host made up of all the subject tribes, See also:

• SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic and Finnic, he sailed against the Greeks in a See also:

• FLEET

fleet consisting, according to the lyetopis, of 2000 vessels, each of which held 40 men; but this estimate is plainly an exaggeration . On reaching See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, See also:

• OLEG (?-912)

Oleg disembarked his forces, mercilessly ravaged the suburbs of the imperial See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, and compelled the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor to pay tribute, provide the Russians with provisions for the return See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey, and take fifty of them over the city . A formal treaty was then concluded, which the Slavonians swore to observe in the names of their gods Perun and Volos . Oleg returned to 1.:iev laden with See also:

• GOLDEN

golden ornaments, costly cloths, wines, and all manner of See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious things . In 911 he sent an See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy of fourteen persons to Constantinople to get the former treaty confirmed and enlarged . The naiaes of these ambassadors are preserved and they point to the Scandinavian origin of Oleg's host; there is not a Slavonic name among them . A new and elaborate treaty, the terms of which have come down to us, was now concluded between the Russians and Greeks, a treaty which evidently sought to bind the two nations closely together and obviate all possible See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences which might arise between them in the future . There was also to be See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade between the two nations, and the Russians might enter the service of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek emperor if they desired it . The envoys returned to Kiev in 912 after being shown the splendours of the Greek capital and being instructed in the rudiments of the Greek faith .

In the autumn of the same See also:

• YEAR

year Oleg died and was buried at Kiev . See S . M . Solovev, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Russia (Rus.), vol. i . (St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, 1895, &c.) ; M . F . Vladimirsky-Budanov, Chrestomathy o the History of Russian See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law (Rus.), pt. i . (Kiev, 1889) . (R . N .