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Novgorod First Chronicle

13th–15th century · 13th century

The Novgorod First Chronicle is the oldest surviving Russian chronicle, compiled in Novgorod and preserved in an older recension, the Synodal manuscript of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and a younger fifteenth-century recension. Written in a terse local style, it records the city's politics, wars, fires and famines and preserves material on early Rus' that differs from the Primary Chronicle.

Novgorod First Chronicle
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Novgorod First Chronicle. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/novgorod-first-chronicle
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“Novgorod First Chronicle.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/novgorod-first-chronicle. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Novgorod First Chronicle.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/novgorod-first-chronicle.
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