The Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles (, abbr. ''PSRL'') is a series of published volumes aimed at collecting all medieval
East Slavic chronicles, with various editions published in
Imperial Russia, the
Soviet Union
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, and
Russian Federation
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. The project is ongoing and far from finished.
The chronicles were assembled by the
Archaeographical Expedition of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
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(starting in 1828). They were prepared for publication by the
Archaeographical Commission, established in 1834 as part of the
Ministry of National Enlightenment. The first volumes were published by a publisher "Typography of Edward Prats". The commission was charged to publish the collection on February 18, 1837.
The first ten volumes appeared between 1841 and 1863. New volumes have been brought forth piecemeal throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. Some of the older volumes have also been reprinted, especially after 1997.
List of published volumes
Typography of Edward Prats
* Volume 1. ''
Laurentian and Trinitarian Codices.'' Saint Petersburg, 1846
* Volume 2. ''
Hypatian Codex The Hypatian Codex (also known as Hypatian Letopis or Ipatiev Letopis; be, Іпацьеўскі летапіс; russian: Ипатьевская летопись; uk, Іпатіївський літопис) is a ''svod'' (compendium) of three ''l ...
.'' Saint Petersburg, 1843 (included also Hustynian Chronicle)
* Volume 3. ''
Novgorodian Codex.'' Saint Petersburg, 1841
* Volume 4. ''
Chronicles of Novgorod and Pskov.'' Saint Petersburg, 1848
* Volume 5. ''Chronicles of Pskov and Sophia.'' Saint Petersburg, 1851
* Volume 6. ''
Sofia Chronicle.'' Saint Petersburg, 1853
* Volume 7. ''Chronicle of Resurrection List.'' Saint Petersburg, 1856
* Volume 8. ''Continuation of the Resurrection List Chronicle.'' Saint Petersburg, 1859
* Volume 9. ''
Chronicles collection named as Patriarchal or Nikon Chronicle.'' Saint Petersburg, 1862
* Number of indices (1868-1907)
In 1871-72 the first two volumes were republished as the second editions.
Typography of Skorokhodov and Typography of Aleksandrov
External links
Full Collection of Russian Chronicles
East Slavic chronicles
History of Kievan Rus'
Lithuanian chronicles
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