The Kungur Letopis, also known as the Kungur Chronicle and Brief Siberian Kungur Letopis (''Кунгурская летопись'', ''Кунгурский летописец'', ''Летопись сибирская краткая Кунгурская'' in
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
) is one of the
Siberian Letopises The Siberian Letopises (''Сибирские летописи'' in Russian) are the Russian letopises of the late 16th - 18th centuries on the history of Siberia. They include the Yesipov Letopis, Kungur Letopis, Remezov Letopis, Stroganov Letopis, ...
, written in the late 16th century by one of
Yermak
Yermak Timofeyevich ( rus, Ерма́к Тимофе́евич, p=jɪˈrmak tʲɪmɐˈfʲejɪvʲɪtɕ; born between 1532 and 1542 – August 5 or 6, 1585) was a Cossacks, Cossack ataman and is today a hero in Russian folklore and myths. During ...
's companions during his
Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
n campaign.
The full version of the Kungur Letopis did not survive to this day. It was partially included in one of the Siberian Letopises known as the
Remezov Letopis
The Remezov Letopis (''Ремезовская летопись'' in Russian) is one of the Siberian Letopises, compiled by a Russian historian Semyon Remezov
Semyon Ulyanovich Remezov (russian: Семён Улья́нович Ре́мезов) ...
. The Kungur Letopis contains the description of Yermak's Siberian campaign and valuable
historic
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,
geographic
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and
ethnographic
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data on Siberia and its 16th-century inhabitants. It is written in a folk
Cossack
The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
-style language.
Resources
Сибирь XVII века глазами современника. С.У. Ремезов и его "История Сибирская"(The 17th-century Siberia seen by a man of the times. S.U. Remezov and his "Siberian History") (many illustrations)
East Slavic chronicles
History of Siberia
16th-century history books
History books about the 16th century
Khanate of Sibir
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