Yaroslav Vladimirovich (or Yaroslav the Wise; c. 978 - February 19 or 20, 1054, Vyshgorod) - Prince of Rostov (987-1010), Prince of Novgorod (1010-1034), Grand Duke of Kiev (1016-1018, 1019-1054 ).

Yaroslav Vladimirovich is the son of the baptist of Rus', Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich (from the Rurik family) and the Polotsk princess Rogneda Rogvolodovna, father, grandfather and uncle of many rulers of Europe; in baptism he received the name Georgiy (or Yuri - a later form of the name Georgiy, widespread in the Old Russian language; in the 11th–12th centuries it had the form of Gyurga). The prince’s work “Russian Truth” went down in history, becoming the first known set of laws in Rus'.