Slavic · chronicle · c. 1113–1118 CE
The Primary Chronicle (The Tale of Bygone Years) Attributed to Nestor the Chronicler — Old East Slavic
Complete work · 46 chapters · 2 complete translations
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Chapters Prologue I: The Nations of the Earth and the Founding of Kyiv Prologue II: The Eastern Slavs, the Avars, and the Khazar Tribute 852–897: The Varangians Are Called and Oleg Takes Kyiv 898–911: Slavic Letters and Oleg before Constantinople 912: Oleg's Treaty with the Greeks and His Death 913–944: Igor's Wars with the Greeks 945: Igor's Treaty with the Greeks 945–954: Igor's Death and Olga's Revenge 955–968: Olga's Baptism and Sviatoslav's Campaigns 969–974: Olga's Death and Sviatoslav on the Danube 975–979: Yaropolk against Oleg 980–982: Vladimir Takes Kyiv 983–985: The Varangian Martyrs and the Bulgar Peace 986, Part 1: The Faiths Come to Vladimir 986, Part 2: The Philosopher's Account of Sacred History 986, Part 3: The Philosopher's Account Concludes 987: The Envoys Examine the Faiths 988, Part 1: Vladimir at Korsun and His Baptism 988, Part 2: The Baptism of Kyiv 989–996: The Church of the Tithe and the Pecheneg Wars 997–1014: Bilhorod Besieged and Vladimir's Last Years 1015, Part 1: Vladimir's Death and the Murder of Boris and Gleb 1015, Part 2: In Praise of the Martyrs; Yaroslav against Sviatopolk 1016–1025: Yaroslav, Sviatopolk, and Mstislav 1026–1050: Yaroslav's Reign and the Love of Books 1051–1058: The Caves Monastery and Yaroslav's Testament 1059–1067: The Torks, Portents, and the Capture of Vseslav 1068–1070: The Cumans and the Kyiv Uprising 1071: The Sorcerers 1072–1073: The Relics of Boris and Gleb and the Brothers' Quarrel 1074, Part 1: The Death of Theodosius 1074, Part 2: The Monks of the Caves 1075–1085: The Caves Church and the Wars of Yaroslav's Sons 1086–1090: The Death of Yaropolk and the Building of Pereiaslav 1091–1092: The Relics of Theodosius and Omens over Polotsk 1093: Vsevolod's Death and Defeat on the Stuhna 1094–1095: Oleg at Chernihiv, the Killing of Itlar, and the Locusts 1096: War with Oleg and the Cuman Raids 1097, Part 1: The Liubech Council and the Blinding of Vasilko 1097, Part 2: The War over Volodymyr 1098–1102: Peace at Gorodets and the Council of Uvetichi 1103–1108: The Dolobsk Council and Victory over the Cumans 1109–1110: Evpraksia's Death and the Pillar of Fire 1111: The Campaign to the Don 1112–1114: Deaths of Princes and Tales of the Far North 1115–1117: The Translation of Boris and Gleb Choose a translation Default Mouseia Musean translation Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Old East Slavic text of the Hypatian Codex (O. V. Tvorogov’s 1997 edition, pinned Russian Wikisource revision), covering the undated introduction and every annal from 6360 to 6625 (852–1117 CE). Worker drafts were checked against the source paragraph by paragraph before publication. Years keep the chronicle’s own reckoning from the creation of the world; subtract 5508 for the approximate year CE, as the chapter titles do. Read ▲ 0 Mouseia Plain English translation Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Old East Slavic text of the Hypatian Codex, paragraph for paragraph, and checked against the source before publication. Read Submit a direct translation from the original
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