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Lvov Chronicle
The ''Lviv Chronicle'' () is a Ruthenian chronicle from Halychyna, written in the early 17th century. This chronicle reflects the events in post-Kievan Rus' from year 1498 to 1649, revealing valuable information about the political and economic conditions of the Ukrainian lands, as well as their relations with other polities, such as Poland, Moscow, and the Crimean Khanate. It describes such events as the Crimean Tatar raids, imposition of Catholicism in Western Ukraine by Uniate clergy and nobility, the Ukrainian Cossack rebellion of the 1630s, and the Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648—1654). It mentions a number of unique stories from Ukrainian history that are not available from any other source. The text of the ''Lviv Chronicle'' was discovered in the beginning of 19th century by the Western Ukrainian Russophile historian Denis Zubrytsky. The manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was kept at the Stauropegion Institute and is now stored in the Central Scientific Library of the Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2,952,301, making Kyiv the List of European cities by population within city limits, seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center. It is home to many High tech, high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of Transport in Kyiv, public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro. The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During History of Kyiv, its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naukova Dumka
Naukova Dumka ( — literally "scientific thought") is a publishing house in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was established by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1922, largely owing to the efforts of Ahatanhel Krymsky, a prominent Ukrainian linguist and orientalist. It is one of the oldest scientific and academic publishing houses in the former Soviet Union and became known as ''Naukova Dumka'' in 1964, before which it simply functioned as the official publisher of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. It continues its operations in Ukraine, publishing primarily scientific and historical works as well as dictionaries A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged Alphabetical order, alphabetically (or by Semitic root, consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical-and-stroke sorting, radical an .... Products “Naukova Dumka” has published dictionaries of synonyms of the Ukrainian language, foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volyn Short Chronicle
The ''Volyn Short Chronicle'' () is the conventional name of a chronicle that is part of the ''Suprasl Chronicle'' of the early 16th century, found in the Supraśl Orthodox Monastery (Supraśl, now Białystok County in Poland). It is currently kept in the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts (РГАДА/RGADA) in Moscow (ф. 181, оп. 1, № 21, 26). Contents The ''Volyn Short Chronicle'' has 74 folios (leaves, sheets). Mikałaj Ułaščyk (1975, 1980) divided the chronicle into three parts: * The first part, from л. 1 to л. 67 об., is titled "The origin of the Rus' princes of the Rus' principality." It starts from 862, and ends with the marriage of Alexander of Lithuania and Helena of Moscow (15 February 1495). It is a brief description of events in the lands of Kievan Rus', and what the chronicler deemed the most important events of the past of other states. * The second part, from л. 67 об. to л. 71, contains news items that are almost entirely related to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostroh Chronicler
The ''Ostroh Chronicler'' () is a Ukrainian chronicle of the late 30s of the 17th century. The NASU Institute of Ukrainian Language has designated it as a monument of the Ukrainian language (Vasyl Vasylovych NimchukПам'ятки української мови (Monuments of the Ukrainian language) (2000). Izbornyk.). Overview The ''Ostroh Chronicler'' is not only a historical source, but also a monument of the Ukrainian language and literature. The ''Ostroh Chronicler'' has survived in the only known manuscript entitled: ''From the Chronicles of Belsky's Collection of Necessities Selected'', discovered by academician M. M. Tikhomirov in a codex in the museum collection of the State Historical Museum in Moscow and published by him in 1951 under the title ''Ostroh Chronicler''. This title is fully consistent with the content of the main part of the work, which focuses on the city of Ostroh (modern Rivne Oblast) and the events in Ostroh. Contents The entire chronicle cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezhyhirya Chronicle
The ''Mezhyhirya Chronicle'' () is a Ukrainian chronicle from the 17th century, written in Late Ruthenian, also known as early modern Ukrainian. Its author is considered to be Ilya Koshchakivskyi, the abbot of the former Mezhyhirya Monastery, modern Kyiv Oblast. The first manuscript contains a description of historical events in Volhynia and Kyiv Region in 1393–1620. The second manuscript provides information from 1608 to 1700 about the liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people against the Polish gentry and Turkish-Tatar incursions. As a monument of historical literature, the ''Mezhyhirya'' Chronicle occupies a significant place in the Ukrainian historiography of the 17th century. The ''editio princeps'' was published in the ''Collection of Chronicles Relating to the History of Southern and Western Rus'' (1888). Overview This is a typical example of the so-called short Cossack chronicle of the 17th century (see ). Judging by its character, patriotic mood, and almost live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hustyn Chronicle
The ''Hustyn Chronicle'' is a 17th-century chronicle detailing the history of Ukraine until 1598. It was written in Church Slavonic. The ''Chronicle'' covers Ukraine's relationship with the Principality of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the impact of the Turks and Tatars, and the origin of the Cossacks. It ends with the introduction of the Gregorian calendar (1582), and the Union of Brest (1596). Textual witnesses The original chronicle has not survived, but three copies of it have been preserved: * The Hustyn Copy, copied in 1670 by Hieromonach Mykhailo Losyts'kyi, who called it the "Ruthenian Chronicle". Preserved in the Russian State Library, manuscripts department, f. 205, no. 118. * The Mhar Monastery copy * The Archival copy Contents The ''Hustyn Chronicle'' begins with a few references to Bible stories, including the Genesis flood narrative and the Tower of Babel; thereafter, the legendary founding of Kyiv by Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv and Lybid' is narrated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chroniclers Of Volyn And Ukraine
The ''Chroniclers of Volyn (Volhynia) and Ukraine'' () is a historical work by an unknown author (or several authors), compiled in the first half of the 17th century. It is divided into 12 separate collections of historical records based on Old Rus', Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Polish chronicles, annals, and memoirs. Contents Of the 12 collections, the most important in terms of content and volume is the seventh, the so-called Kyiv collection, which uses materials from ancient Rus' chronicles, as well as the chronicles of Maciej Stryjkowski and Marcin Bielski. In the ''Chroniclers of Volyn and Ukraine'' (LVU), the history of Ukraine-Rus' is linked to the history of Lithuania, Poland, and Muscovy, and is chronologically traced back to 1621. The subject of this chronicle is mainly foreign policy events. These records reflect the historical views of the ruling circles of Ukraine, which linked their interests with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The author has a negative attitude towa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rus' Chronicle
The Rus' chronicles, Russian chronicles or Rus' letopis () was the primary Rus' historical literature. Chronicles were composed from the 11th to the 18th centuries, generally written in Old East Slavic (and, later, Ruthenian language, Ruthenian and History of the Russian language#The Moscow period (15th–17th centuries), Muscovite Russian), about Kievan Rus' and subsequent Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia, Rus' principalities and history. They were one of the leading genres of Old East Slavic literature, Old Rus' literature in medieval and early modern Eastern and Central Europe.Lurye, Yakov. Chronicles // Literature of Old Rusʹ. Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary / ed. by Oleg Tvorogov. - Moscow: Prosvescheniye ("Enlightenment"), 1996. (). The chronicle was distributed in Belarus, the Czech lands, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. Chronicles were the main historical narrative until the mid-16th century (the reign of Ivan the Terrible), when they were s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Second Chronicle
The Sofia Second Chronicle is a Russian chronicle from the 16th century. It is found in two redactions: The Archival redaction, from the first quarter of the 16th century and now in the Russian State Archive of Ancient Documents (RGADA) (Fond 181, No. 371); and the Voskresenskii (''Resurrection'') Redaction from the middle of the 16th century, now housed in the State Historical Museum (GIM) on the north end of Red Square (Voskresenskoe Sobranie, bumazhnoe, No. 154). It was first published at the beginning of the 19th century and is included in the Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles (PSRL, vol. 6; St. Petersburg, 1851). The Sofia Second Chronicle is thought to have derived from the Lvov Chronicle with which it shares many similarities.See entry on Sofia Second Chronicle in Ia. S. Lur'e, ed., ''Slovar' Knizhnikov i knizhnosti drevnei Rusi,'' available online at http://lib.pushkinskijdom.ru/Default.aspx?tabid=4296 See also *Sofia First Chronicle The ''Sofia First Chronicle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian State Library
The Russian State Library () is one of the three national libraries of Russia, located in Moscow. It is the largest library in the country, second largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. Its holdings crossed over 47 million units in 2017. It is a federal library overseen by the Ministry of Culture, including being under its fiscal jurisdiction. Its foundation lay in the opening of the Moscow Public Museum and Rumyantsev Museum in Moscow in 1862. This museum evolved from a number of collections, most notably Count Nikolay Rumyantsev's library and historical collection. It was renamed after Lenin in 1924, popularly known as the Lenin Library or Leninka, and its current name was adopted in 1992. See: The library has several buildings of varying architectural styles. In 2012 the library had over 275 km of shelves, including over 17 million books and serial volumes, 13 million magazines, 370 thousand music scores and sound records, 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main Ukrainian culture, cultural centres of Ukraine. Lviv also hosts the administration of Lviv urban hromada. It was named after Leo I of Galicia, the eldest son of Daniel of Galicia, Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv (then Lwów) emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in the 14th century, superseding Halych, Chełm, Belz, and Przemyśl. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia from 1272 to 1349, when it went to King Casimir III the Great of Kingdom of Poland, Poland in a Galicia–Volhynia Wars, war of succession. In 1356, Casimir the Great granted it town rights. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
