Nikon Chronicle

The Nikon Chronicle (Russian: Никоновская летопись) is a compilation of Russian chronicles undertaken at the court of Ivan the Terrible in the mid-16th century. The compilation was named after Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, who owned a copy. In the 18th century, it was published under the name The Russian Chronicle According to Nikon's Manuscript.

The chronicle covers the years from 859 to 1520, with additional information for 1521–1558, as well as many detailed tales about the most important events, such as "Tale of the

The Academic copy of the Nikon Chronicle is currently being preserved in the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, with registration number "32.14.8".^[2] The Library acquired it in 1741 from the personal collection of Theophan Prokopovich, bishop of Moscow.^[2]

References

Bibliography

Publications

• Руская летопись по Никонову списку. / Изданная под смотрением имп. Академии наук. СПб, 1767–1792. (Russian Cronicle According to Nikon's Copy. Published under the supervidion of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 1767–1792) Ч.1, Ч.2, Ч.3, Ч.4, Ч.5, Ч.6, Ч.7, Ч.8
• The Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles, vols. IX-XIV, editions of 1863, 1918, 2000

Literature

• Maiorov, Alexander V. (November 2018). ""I Would Sacrifice Myself for my Academy and its Glory!" August Ludwig von Schlözer and the Discovery of the Hypatian Chronicle". Russian History. 45 (4). Brill: 319–340. Retrieved 19 May 2023.