Vysheslav Vladimirovich

Vysheslav Vladimirovich (born c. 977) was the eldest son of Vladimir the Great of Kyiv, born to his first wife, the Varangian Olava. From about 988 he ruled as prince of Novgorod, the seat of the senior son.

One account places his death in Novgorod after 1010; the throne passed to his younger brother Yaroslav the Wise. A conflicting theory identifies him with the Rus prince Vissavald, whom the Norse sagas say Sigrid of Sweden burned around 995.