NOBLEMAN

Olga of Kiev

890 - 969

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Olga (Church Slavonic: Ольга; Old Norse: Helga; c. 890–925 – 11 July 969) was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа. She is known for her subjugation of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olga of Kiev has received more than 2,917,606 page views. Her biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Olga of Kiev is the 64th most popular nobleman (up from 68th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Russia (up from 124th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Nobleman.

Olga of Kiev is most famous for being the first Christian ruler of Russia.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Olga of Kiev ranks 64 out of 1,415. Before her are Herodias, Robert Guiscard, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Philip the Bold, Charles, Count of Valois, and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. After her are Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Philippe of Belgium, Jeanne d'Albret, Edward the Black Prince, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, and Giuliano de' Medici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 890, Olga of Kiev ranks 2. Before her is Pope Anastasius III. After her are Marozia, Rudolph of France, Chernorizets Hrabar, Alfonso IV of León, Ulrich of Augsburg, Drahomíra, Christopher Lekapenos, Mardavij, and Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. Among people deceased in 969, Olga of Kiev ranks 1. After her are Nikephoros II Phokas, Emperor Muzong of Liao, and Michael Krešimir II of Croatia.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Olga of Kiev ranks 114 out of 3,761. Before her are Vladimir Komarov (1927), Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797), Mikhail Lomonosov (1711), Boris Spassky (1937), Grigory Potemkin (1739), and Alexander Kolchak (1874). After her are Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878), Ivan V of Russia (1666), Sergey Kirov (1886), Mikhail Bakhtin (1895), and Feodor III of Russia (1661).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Russia

Among noblemen born in Russia, Olga of Kiev ranks 5. Before her are Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901), Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895), Alexander Nevsky (1220), and Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904). After her are Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878), Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882), Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853), Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857), Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), and Daniel of Moscow (1261).

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