The Resurrection Chronicle is a chronicle representing the all-Russian chronicle vault of the 16th century , taking into account the interests of the great princes of Moscow in reflection of events, one of the first in terms of the wealth of materials used and the completeness of the news. Named according to the list belonging to the Resurrection Monastery in New Jerusalem .
There are 4 editions of the Resurrection Chronicle:
- The 1st events are indicated until August 1533 , the author is a supporter of Vasily III ;
- 2nd ends with events 1537 ;
- 3rd (which reached us) brought to 1541 ;
- The 4th is composed between 1542 and 1544 a supporter of the princes of Shuisky . According to B. M. Kloss, the selection of the fourth edition is erroneous, and the edition of 1541 was drawn up with the participation of Metropolitan Joasaph.
The annals are based on the Moscow Code 1479 in the 1526 edition and the Tikhonov version of the Rostov Code 1489-1503. The Karamzinsky list of the Resurrection Chronicle was supplemented from 1542 to 1552 in the Lviv Chronicle and continued until 1560 .
13 chronicle lists have been preserved, and only five of them contain all its text, 3 lists contain its first half, and 4 its second half. The publication in PSRL was carried out on five lists.
Chronicle Composition
The ratio of the volume of text:
- Articles before the main text: table of contents of the annals (t. VII, p. 218-231; t. VIII, p. 1-7); a short chronicler with the names of the principal princes (vol. VII, pp. 231-238); pedigrees (p. 238-240); “Names of Russian cities” (pp. 240-241); additional brief annalists and genealogies (pp. 241-246); a list of Roman, Byzantine and Turkish rulers (p. 246-252) with a brief extract about Mahmet (p. 249); genealogy of Lithuanian princes (pp. 253-256); Moldovan princes and the legend of King Vladislav (pp. 256-259),
- Introductory part (t. VII, pp. 260-267),
- Events of the years 854-1110 (v. VII, pp. 267-345, 1-21),
- The events of 1111-1203 (v. VII, pp. 21-109), moreover, the events of 1146-1157 (pp. 35-66) are described in detail,
- Events of 1204-1304 (v. VII, pp. 109-184),
- Events of 1304-1418 (vol. VII, pp. 184-217; vol. VIII, pp. 9-90),
- Events of 1418-1462 (vol. VIII, pp. 90-150),
- The Board of Ivan Vasilyevich (vol. VIII, p. 150-245),
- The Board of Vasily Ivanovich (vol. VIII, pp. 245-286),
- The events of 1533-1541 (vol. VIII, p. 286-301).
Detailed texts and stories [1] :
- "The Tale of the Capture of Constantinople by Flags " in 1204 and of the Hodegetria Icon (vol. VII, pp. 109-112)
- The Story of the Battle of Lipitsa (vol. VII, pp. 120-124)
- The story of the Battle of Kalka, under 1223 (vol. VII, pp. 129-132)
- The story of the invasion of Batu (v. VII, pp. 139-143)
- The Story of the Battle of Neva (vol. VII, pp. 146-149)
- The story of the battle on Lake Peipsi (vol. VII, pp. 150-151)
- The Story of the Death of Mikhail Chernigov (vol. VII, pp. 152-156)
- The story of the murder of Batu, under 1247 (vol. VII, pp. 157-159)
- The Story of the Death of Mikhail of Tver (vol. VII, pp. 188-197)
- The Epistle of Vasily, Archbishop of Novgorod, to Theodore of Tver on Paradise (vol. VII, pp. 212-214)
- “The Manuscript of Magnus”, under 1352 (vol. VII, pp. 216-217).
- The story of the siege of Tver in 1375 (vol. VIII, p. 22-23)
- The Story of the Battle of Pian (vol. VIII, pp. 25-26)
- The Story of Metropolitan Alexy (vol. VIII, pp. 26-28)
- The Story of Mitya (vol. VIII, pp. 28-32)
- The Story of the Battle of Vozha (vol. VIII, p. 32-33)
- The Story of the Battle of Don (vol. VIII, p. 34-41)
- The story of the invasion of Tokhtamysh (vol. VIII, pp. 42-47)
- The story of the campaign of Dmitry Ivanovich in Novgorod (vol. VIII, p. 50-51)
- The story of the life and the death of Dmitry Ivanovich (vol. VIII, pp. 53-60)
- The story of Temir-Aksak and the miracle of the Vladimir Icon of the Virgin, under 1395 (vol. VIII, pp. 65-68)
- A short story about Stefan of Perm, under 1396 (vol. VIII, pp. 69-70)
- The story of the death of Mikhail Alexandrovich Tversky (vol. VIII, pp. 73-74)
- Cyprian's Spiritual Certificate (vol. VIII, pp. 79-80)
- The story of the invasion of Edigheus, under 1408 (vol. VIII, pp. 82-84)
- A brief extract from the letter of Photius about Gregory Tsamblak (vol. VIII, pp. 89-90)
- The story of Metropolitan Isidore at the eighth council (vol. VIII, pp. 100-106), letter from Pope Eugene (pp. 108-109)
- The story of the capture and blinding of the Grand Duke Vasily (vol. VIII, pp. 115-117)
- The story of the foundation of Constantinople (vol. VIII, pp. 125-128) and the capture of Constantinople (vol. VIII, pp. 128-144).
- The story of the campaign of Ivan Vasilyevich to Novgorod in 1471 (vol. VIII, pp. 160-168)
- The story of the construction of the Assumption Cathedral in Moscow and the transfer of relics (vol. VIII, pp. 170-173)
- A short story about the trip of Ivan Vasilyevich to Novgorod in the winter of 1475-1476 (vol. VIII, pp. 181-182)
- The story of the campaign of Ivan Vasilyevich to Novgorod in the winter of 1477-1478 (vol. VIII, pp. 184-199)
- The story of standing on the Ugra (vol. VIII, pp. 205-207), the message of Bassian on the Ugra (pp. 207-213)
- The staging of Dmitry Ivanovich on the great reign (vol. VIII, pp. 234-236)
- The story of the capture of Smolensk in 1514 (vol. VIII, pp. 255-257)
- The story of the invasion of Safa Giray in 1541 (vol. VIII, pp. 295-301), which ends the chronicle.
Bibliography
Editions:
- Russian chronicle from the Resurrection List, donated to this Resurrection Monastery by Patriarch Nikon in 1658. Part 1. St. Petersburg, 1793. Part 2. St. Petersburg, 1794.
- Complete collection of Russian chronicles , vols. 7–8, St. Petersburg, 1856–59
References [1] :
- Levina S. A. , On the time of compilation and compiler of the Resurrection Chronicle of the 16th century, in the book: Tr. Department of Old Russian Literature , vol. 11, M. - L., 1955.
- Laptev V.V. Resurrection Chronicle. // UZ LGPI them. A.I. Herzen. 1955.V.102. S.165-239.
- Levina S. A. To the study of the Resurrection Chronicle. // TODRL . M.-L., 1957.V. 12. S.689-705.
- Dictionary of scribes and books of Ancient Russia . Vol. 2. Part 2. L., 1989. P.39–42 (article by S. A. Levina).
Notes
- ↑ except included in the PVL