Oleg Sviatoslavich

Type Figure Region Kievan Rus' Time c. 1052–1115 Also known as Oleg I

Son of Sviatoslav II and an important prince of the Chernigov line; granted Tmutarakan and Novgorod-Seversky, captured by the Polovtsians in 1079 and…

Timeline

1052–1079Tmutarakan · Krasnodar KraiOleg, son of Sviatoslav II, was granted Tmutarakan in his early years and later transferred to Novgorod-Seversky; in 1079 he was ambushed and captured by the Polovtsians on the lower Dnieper and forced into exile.
1079–1094Constantinople and the Rus' frontier · ConstantinopleAfter capture he fled to Byzantium; in the 1080s, with imperial support, he returned to the Rus' frontier, joined his brother Yaroslav in military actions against the Polovtsians, and sought to recover his fiefs amid disputes among his uncles and cousins.
1094–1115Chernigov · ChernigovHe expelled his cousin and regained Chernigov in 1094; the Lyubech Congress of 1097 established a partition among the brothers. Thereafter he long governed the Chernigov line, both cooperating and clashing with the princes of Monomakh.

Sources

Primary Chronicle (Tale of Bygone Years) — Nestor and continuators
Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Oleg Sviatoslavych https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CO%5CL%5COlegSviatoslavych.htm