<oo>→<med> Medieval Rus′

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Chronicles

Assigned readings

• Zenkovsky, section I.A
• Cross, Samuel Hazzard. 1930. The Russian Primary Chronicle. Harvard studies and notes in philology and literature 12. 75–320. PN35 .H339. (Excerpt assigned: pp. 87–115.)

Optional readings

The best edition of the Rus′ primary chronicle is the Povest′ vremennykh let: an interlinear collation and paradosis, compiled and edited by Donald Ostrowski, with David J. Birnbaum (Associate Editor) and Horace G. Lunt (Senior Consultant). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2003. Available on line at http://pvl.obdurodon.org.

• Eremin, Igor′ Petrovič. 1966. Povest′ vremennyx let kak pamjatnik literatury. Literatura drevnej Rusi; ètjudy i xarakteristiki. L. 42–97.
• Eremin, Igor′ Petrovič. 1968. Формы летописного повествования. In: И. П. Еремин, Лекции по древней русской литературе, Ленинград: ЛГУ. 1968, 52–61.
• Lixačev, Dmitrij Sergeevič. 1947. Russkie letopisi i ix kul′turno-istoričeskoe značenie. M–L: AN SSSR. (Reprint: The Hague: Europa, 1966.) [On line]
• Lur′e, Jakov Solomonovič. 1972. K izučeniju letopisnogo žanra. TODRL 27. 76–93. [On line]
• Nasonov, Arsenij Nikolaevič. 1969. Istorija russkogo letopisanija. XI–načala XVII veka. Očerki i issledovanija. M: Nauka. [On line]
• Priselkov, Mixail Dmitrievič. 1940. Istorija russkogo letopisanija XI–XV vv. L. [On line]
• Šaxmatov, Aleksej Aleksandrovič. 1938. Obozrenie russkix letopisnyx svodov XIV–XVI vv. M–L. [On line]
• Šaxmatov, Aleksej Aleksandrovič. 1940. Povest′ vremennyx let i ee istočniki. TODRL 4. 9–150. [On line]

Supplementary materials

• Chronology of the Rus′ primary chronicle (after Šaxmatov)
• Chronicle (self-)quiz

Maps of Kievan Rus′

• 1015–1113
• 1237

Genealogy

• Rusian genealogy (Christian Raffensperger and David J. Birnbaum)
• Grand princes of Kiev (family tree)