Oleg 758799 225800680 2008-07-15T13:42:49Z Hebrides 1264145 Oleg Cassini '''Oleg''' (Russian and Ukrainian: '''Олег''', Belarusianor: '''Алег''') is a Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian given name. It may be transliterated as "Oleh" from Ukrainian and "[[Aleh]]" or "Aleg" from Belarusian. It derives from the Scandinavian ''[[Helge (name)|Helge]]'' (holy, sacred or blessed). People named Oleg include: *[[Oleg of Novgorod]], 9th–10th century leader and conqueror of Kievan Rus' *[[Oleg of Bryansk]], 13th century prince of Bryansk and Chernigov, declared a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church *[[Oleg of Ryazan]], 14th century prince of Ryazan Principality *[[Oleg Cassini]], American fashion designer *[[Oleg A. Korolev]], artist *[[Oleg Gordievsky]], KGB agent who defected to the UK *[[Oleg Penkovsky]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:Russian given names]] [[da:Oleg]] [[no:Oleg]] [[ru:Олег]] [[sv:Oleg]] [[uk:Олег]]