Oleg of Novgorod
Although he was active in science fiction before perestroika, the recognition came when he wrote a Slavic fantasy novel, "The Three from the Forest" (Russian: Трое из Леса). One of the protagonists is a character based on the Russian Rurikid Prince Oleg of Novgorod, who is a mainstay of many sequels. Nikitin also wrote a couple of novels about Vladimir I of Kiev. Nikitin created a website called Inn (Russian: Корчма) as a community portal to help young writers.