Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When a strange prophecy is fulfilled, we can either call it a coincidence or say we believe it’s possible to predict future events.
Coincidences do happen. We all know that, but the puzzling death of Russia’s first Viking ruler, Oleg of Novgorod, seems to show it’s impossible to avoid fate, no matter how much one tries.
Mystery surrounds Oleg of Novgorod’s burial place, and how he ended his life is still a puzzle.
Nicknamed Oleg the Prophet, Oleg of Novgorod was a Viking ruler in Russia who laid the foundation of the powerful state of Kievan Rus, which, from the late 9th to the mid-13th century, was under the reign of the Varangian Rurik dynasty. It’s uncertain when Oleg of Novgorod was born but it was most likely in 845, and he was a relative of the legendary King Rurik whose followers likely originated in Scandinavia and were related to Norse Vikings.
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