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Dmitry Likhachov famously wrote in his 1950 critique of the Rus Primary Chronicle, "No other country in the world is cloaked in such contradictory myths about its history as Russia, and no other nation in the world interprets its history as variously as do the Russian people."
- c. 1113
- Old East Slavic literature
- Traditionally thought to be Nestor, others unknown
- Old East Slavic
The text has been edited for students of SLA218. The Rus' Primary Chronicle. This is the tale2 of bygone years regarding the origin of the land of Rus', the first princes of Kyiv, and from what source the land of Rus' had its beginning. Let us accordingly begin this narrative.
The compilation of chronicle entries known as the Povst' vremennykh lt ( PVL ) is a fundamental source for the historical study of the vast eastern European and Eurasian lands that include major parts of Ukraine and Belarus, as well as extensive parts of the Russian Federation and Poland.
The Russian Primary Chronicle, commonly shortened to Primary Chronicle ( Church Slavonic: Повѣсть времѧньныхъ лѣтъ, romanized: Pověstĭ vremęnĭnyxŭ lětŭ, commonly transcribed Povest' vremennykh let ( PVL ), lit. 'Tale of Bygone Years' ), is a chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110.
Rus' chronicle or Russian chronicle: 51 or Rus' letopis (Old East Slavic: лѣтопись, romanized: lětopisʹ) was the primary type of Rus' historical literature. Chronicles were composed from 11th to 18th centuries, generally written in Old East Slavic (and later Ruthenian and Muscovite Russian ) about Kievan Rus' and subsequent Rus ...
- chroniclers, who were mainly churchmen
- History
- 11–18th centuries
Oct 27, 2013 · The chief work in the life of Saint Nestor was compiling in the years 1112-1113 The Russian Primary Chronicle. “Here is the account of years past, how the Russian land came to be, who was the first prince at Kiev and how the Russian land is arrayed.” The very first line written by Saint Nestor set forth his purpose.
Apr 28, 2004 · First published: 28 April 2004. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0963-9462.2003.00121.x. Citations: 2. PDF. Tools. Share. Abstract. This paper aims to develop a new approach to the investigation of the oldest Russian historical text, the Tale of Bygone Years or Russian Primary Chronicle.
