Academic Chronicle

File:Moscow Academic Chronicle.pdf

Opening lines of the Primary Chronicle (PVL) in the Moscow Academic copy (click for full PDF)

The Academic Chronicle or Moscow Academic Chronicle (Russian: Московско-Академическая летопись, romanized: Moskovskaya akademicheskaya letopis'), sometimes also known as Suzdal' Chronicle (Russian: Суздальская летопись, romanized: Suzdal'skaya letopis') is a late 15th-century compilation of Rus' chronicles. The chronicle was probably compiled in Rostov based on the Primary Chronicle (PVL), Radziwiłł Chronicle (events before 1206), Sofia First Chronicle (events 1205–1238), and a Rostov collection (events 1238–1418). The chronicle was published in full in the Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles in 1927. The only surviving original was for some time kept in the Moscow Theological Academy (which gave rise to its name "(Moscow) Academic Chronicle"), and is currently preserved in the Russian State Library (manuscript ID: Ф.173/I №236). It is an important source for the history of Kievan Rus' and late medieval Russia, which in the early 21st century was being discussed for its importance for early Russian literature.

Contents

Contents:

• Primary Chronicle (c. 850 – 1110s)
• Radziwiłł Chronicle (1110s – 1206)
• Sofia First Chronicle (only the years 1206 – 1237)
• Rostov collection (1238 – 1418)

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Colors =

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 id:chronicoles      value:drabgreen      legend:Chronicles

BarData =

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 bar:Trinity
 bar:Radziwill
 bar:Academic
 bar:Hypatian
 bar:Khlebnikov

PlotData =

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   from:850 till:880 color:timeframe align:center text:Legends
   at:880 mark:(line,white)
   from:880 till:1240 color:timeframe align:center text:Kievan Rus'
   at:1240 mark:(line,white)
   from:1240 till:1360 color:timeframe align:center text:Golden Horde hegemony 
   at:1360 mark:(line,white)
   from:1360 till:1600 color:timeframe align:center text:Rise of Poland–Lithuania and Muscovy
   at:1360 text:"~Great Troubles"

 bar:Laurentian
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   from:852 till:898 color:red align:center text: "PVL"
   at:898 mark:(line,white)
   from:898 till:921 color:tan1 align:center text: "(lost)"
   at:921 mark:(line,white)
   from:921 till:1110 color:red align:center text: "Primary Chronicle (PVL)"
   at:1110 mark:(line,white)
   from:1111 till:1160 color:orange align:center text: "Southern~Rus' sources"
   at:1160 mark:(line,white)
   from:1160 till:1203 color:yellow2 align:center text: "Suzdalian~Chronicle"
   at:1177 mark:(line,white)
   at:1185 mark:(line,white)
   at:1192 mark:(line,white)
   at:1203 mark:(line,white)
   from:1203 till:1263 color:yellow align:center text: "Laurentian~continuation"
   at:1263 mark:(line,white)
   from:1263 till:1284 color:tan1 align:center text: "(lost)"
   at:1284 mark:(line,white)
   from:1284 till:1288 color:magenta align:left text: ~"Tver Codex of 1305"
   at:1288 mark:(line,white)
   from:1288 till:1293 color:tan1
   at:1293 mark:(line,white)
   from:1293 till:1305 color:magenta 
   at:1377 text:"1377: Laurentian Codex written"

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   from:852 till:906 color:red align:left text: "PVL"~(Chebotarev & Cherepanov copy)
   at:906 mark:(line,white)
   from:906 till:1300 color:tan1 align:center text: "(lost in the 1812 Great Fire of Moscow)"
   at:1300 align:right text:"?"
   at:1425 text:"1420s: Trinity Chronicle written"
   at:1600 align:left text:"1812:~Trinity Chronicle lost"

 bar:Radziwill
   at:852 align:right text:"Radziwiłł"~"Chronicle"
   from:852 till:1110 color:red align:center text: "Primary Chronicle (PVL)"
   at:1110 mark:(line,white)
   from:1111 till:1160 color:orange align:center text: "Southern~Rus' sources"
   at:1160 mark:(line,white)
   from:1160 till:1203 color:yellow2 align:center text: "Suzdalian~Chronicle"
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   at:1185 mark:(line,white)
   at:1192 mark:(line,white)
   at:1203 mark:(line,white)
   from:1203 till:1207 color:limegreen align:left text: "Radziwiłł continuation"
   at:1490 text:"1490s: Radziwiłł Chronicle written"

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   from:852 till:1110 color:red align:center text: "Primary Chronicle (PVL)"
   at:1110 mark:(line,white)
   from:1111 till:1160 color:orange align:center text: "Southern~Rus' sources"
   at:1160 mark:(line,white)
   from:1160 till:1203 color:yellow2 align:center text: "Suzdalian~Chronicle"
   at:1177 mark:(line,white)
   at:1185 mark:(line,white)
   at:1192 mark:(line,white)
   at:1203 mark:(line,white)
   from:1203 till:1207 color:limegreen align:left text: "Radz. cont."
   at:1207 mark:(line,white)
   from:1207 till:1237 color:skyblue align:center text: ~"Sofia First"
   at:1237 mark:(line,white)
   from:1237 till:1419 color:pink align:center text: "Rostov collection"
   at:1500 text:"1500: Academic Chronicle written"

 bar:Hypatian
   at:852 align:right text:"Hypatian"~"Codex"
   from:852 till:1110 color:red align:center text: "Primary Chronicle (PVL)"
   at:1110 mark:(line,white)
   from:1110 till:1117 color:redorange 
   at:1117 mark:(line,white)
   from:1118 till:1199 color:yelloworange align:center text: "Kievan Chronicle"
   at:1200 mark:(line,white)
   from:1200 till:1292 color:green align:center text: "Galician–Volhynian Chronicle"
   at:1260 mark:(line,white)
   at:1425 text:"1420s: Hypatian Codex written"

 bar:Khlebnikov
   at:852 align:right text:"Khlebnikov"~"Codex"
   from:852 till:1110 color:red align:center text: "Primary Chronicle (PVL)"
   at:1110 mark:(line,white)
   from:1110 till:1117 color:redorange 
   at:1117 mark:(line,white)
   from:1118 till:1196 color:yelloworange align:center text: "Kievan Chronicle"
   at:1200 mark:(line,white)
   from:1200 till:1292 color:green align:center text: "Galician–Volhynian Chronicle"
   at:1260 mark:(line,white)
   at:1560 text:"1560s: Khlebnikov Codex written"

</timeline>

•   Primary Chronicle (PVL)
•   Southern Rus' sources /   Kievan Chronicle
•   Suzdalian Chronicle
•   Laurentian continuation of the Suzdalian Chronicle

•   Radziwiłł Chronicle continuation of the Suzdalian Chronicle
•   Galician–Volhynian Chronicle
•   Sofia First Chronicle
•   Tver Codex of 1305
•   lost leaves of surviving manuscripts