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
chronicle
A chronicle (, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events ...
s, 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' 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 ...
s, as well as the chronicles of
Maciej Stryjkowski
Maciej Stryjkowski (also referred to as Strykowski and Strycovius;Nowa encyklopedia powszechna PWN. t. 6, 1997 – ) was a Polish historian, writer and a poet, known as the author of ''Chronicle of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia and all of Rutheni ...
and
Marcin Bielski
Marcin Bielski (or ''Wolski''; 1495 – 18 December 1575) was a Polish soldier, historian, chronicler, renaissance satirical poet, writer and translator. His son, , royal secretary to king Sigismund III Vasa, was also a historian and poet. He was ...
. 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 Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 Partitions of Poland, ...
. The author has a negative attitude towards the
Cossacks
The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic languages, East Slavic Eastern Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossacks played an important role in defending the southern borde ...
and Cossack movements. The Kyiv collection ends with the records of , a
burgher of Kyiv.
As an eyewitness to historical events, he provides a number of important information about the
siege of the Polish forces in Moscow in 1612 by the Russian people's militia. Balyka also notes the negative attitude of the Ukrainian people towards the Polish authorities, especially the Catholic Church and the 1596
Union of Brest
The Union of Brest took place in 1595–1596 and represented an agreement by Eastern Orthodox Churches in the Ruthenian portions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to accept the Pope's authority while maintaining Eastern Orthodox liturgical ...
.
The LVU is written in a language close to the Ukrainian vernacular of the 17th century, known as
Late Ruthenian or early modern
Ukrainian.
See also
* ''
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 Lithuani ...
''
* ''
Lviv Chronicle
The ''Lviv Chronicle'' () is a Ruthenian language, 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 pol ...
''
* ''
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, ...
''
* ''
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 україн� ...
''
* ''
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 ...
''
References
Sources
* Гайдай Л. Історія України в особах, термінах, назвах і поняттях.-Луцьк: Вежа, 2000. (Haydai L., History of Ukraine in persons, terms, names and concepts. - Lutsk: Vezha, 2000.)
* Рад. енциклопедія історії України.- К., 1971.- т.3. (''Soviet Encyclopaedia of the History of Ukraine''. Kyiv, 1971. - vol. 3.)
* Мыцык Ю.А. Украинские летописи ХVII века. Днепропетровск, 1978. (Mytsyk Yu.A., ''Ukrainian Chronicles of the 17th Century''. Dnepropetrovsk, 1978.)
External links
Літописці Волині і України // Юридична енциклопедія 3 (''Legal Encyclopaedia 3'')
* {{cite web , last=Ю.І. , first=Ковалів , title=Літературознавча енциклопедія: У двох томах. Т. 1 : Ковалів Ю.І. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive , website=Internet Archive , date=25 March 2023 , url=https://archive.org/details/literaturoznavchat1/page/n581/mode/1up?view=theater , access-date=23 April 2024
Chronicles
Early modern history of Ukraine
Ruthenian-language literature