Rus' chronicles

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East Slavic chronicle tradition annalistic compilation historiographical source medieval historical source primary source

Rus' chronicles are medieval East Slavic historical records that document political events, wars, and social life in the principalities of Kievan and later Rus'.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Primary Chronicle 5
Galician–Volhynian Chronicle 1
Laurentian Chronicle 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic chronicle tradition ⓘ
annalistic compilation ⓘ
historiographical source ⓘ
medieval historical source ⓘ
primary source ⓘ
characteristicFeature Christian worldview ⓘ
annalistic year-by-year structure ⓘ
combination of factual reports and moral interpretation ⓘ
dynastic and princely perspective ⓘ
documents church affairs ⓘ
famines and epidemics ⓘ
foundation of cities ⓘ
natural phenomena ⓘ
reigns of Rus' princes ⓘ
genre annals ⓘ
chronicle ⓘ
includesWork Rus' chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Galician–Volhynian Chronicle

Hypatian Chronicle ⓘ
Rus' chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Laurentian Chronicle

Rus' chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Novgorod First Chronicle

Rus' chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Primary Chronicle

Rus' chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Radziwiłł Chronicle

Tale of Bygone Years ⓘ
Trinity Chronicle ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine chronicle tradition ⓘ
language Church Slavonic ⓘ
Old East Slavic ⓘ
mainTheme Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
surface form: Christianization of Rus'

dynastic conflicts ⓘ
political history of Rus' ⓘ
relations with neighboring states ⓘ
social and religious life ⓘ
wars and military campaigns ⓘ
preservedIn Belarusian archives ⓘ
European libraries ⓘ
Russian archives ⓘ
Ukrainian archives ⓘ
region Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia ⓘ
surface form: Galicia–Volhynia

Kyivan Rus ⓘ
surface form: Kievan Rus'

Novgorod ⓘ
Vladimir-Suzdal ⓘ
religiousContext Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
script Cyrillic ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
usedFor medieval Slavic philology ⓘ
reconstruction of political events in Kievan Rus' ⓘ
study of Old East Slavic language ⓘ
study of early East Slavic history ⓘ
writingMaterial paper ⓘ
parchment ⓘ
writtenBy clerics ⓘ
court scribes ⓘ
monks ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olgovichi → associatedWork → Rus' chronicles ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tale of Igor's Campaign
Igor of Kiev → chronicleMention → Rus' chronicles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primary Chronicle
this entity surface form: Primary Chronicle
Cumans → documentedIn → Rus' chronicles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rus chronicles
Rus' chronicles → includesWork → Rus' chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primary Chronicle
Rus' chronicles → includesWork → Rus' chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laurentian Chronicle
Rus' chronicles → includesWork → Rus' chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Novgorod First Chronicle
Rus' chronicles → includesWork → Rus' chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galician–Volhynian Chronicle
Rus' chronicles → includesWork → Rus' chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radziwiłł Chronicle
Rurik → mentionedIn → Rus' chronicles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primary Chronicle
Old East Slavic → notableWork → Rus' chronicles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Primary Chronicle