The Primary Chronicle, shortened from the common Russian Primary Chronicle (Church Slavonic: Повѣсть времѧньныхъ лѣтъ, romanized: Pověstĭ vremęnĭnyxŭ lětŭ...
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Kievan Rus' (section Primary sources)
Peninsula in the east, uniting the East Slavic tribes. According to the Primary Chronicle, the first ruler to unite East Slavic lands into what would become...
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The Rus' chronicle, Russian chronicle: 51 or Rus' letopis (Old East Slavic: лѣтопись, romanized: lětopisʹ) was the primary Rus' historical literature...
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chronology. Primary Chronicle entry for 968 Cross and Sherbowitz-Wetzor, Primary Chronicle, p. 84. Cross and Sherbowitz-Wetzor, Primary Chronicle, p. 84....
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Rus'–Byzantine War (907) (section Primary Chronicle)
According to the Primary Chronicle, the fleet of Rus' under Oleg of Kiev carried out a military strike against Byzantium in 907, landing a huge army landed...
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seem to have entailed no lasting consequences, since the Russian Primary Chronicle and other Slavonic sources describe the tenth-century Rus' as still...
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Oleg the Wise (section Oleg in chronicles)
and laid the foundations of the Kievan Rus' state. According to the Primary Chronicle, he succeeded his "kinsman" Rurik as ruler of Novgorod, and subdued...
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Parian Chronicle - Ancient Greece Paschale Chronicle – Mediterranean Pictish Chronicle - Scotland Primary Chronicle – Eastern Europe Puranas – India Rajatarangini...
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Olga of Kiev (section Primary sources)
could be as early as 890 AD and as late as 925 AD. According to the Primary Chronicle, Olga was of Varangian (Viking) origin and was born in Pleskov. Little...
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Varangians (Varyags, in Old East Slavic) are first mentioned by the Primary Chronicle as having exacted tribute from the Slavic and Finnic tribes in 859...
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