The Ioachim Chronicle or Ioakim Chronicle (), also spelled ''Joachim'' or ''Ioakim'') is a chronicle allegedly discovered by the

Russian Imperial The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

historian

Vasily Tatishchev Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (sometimes spelt Tatischev; , ; 19 April 1686 – 15 July 1750) was a statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer in the Russian Empire. He is known as the author of a book on Russian history titled ''The His ...

in the 18th century. The alleged ''Ioachim Chronicle'', which has never been found, is part of the "

Tatishchev information Tatishchev information (; ) is a group of historiographical texts written by Imperial Russian historian Vasily Tatishchev (1686–1750) and posthumously published in his book ''Istoriya Rossiyskaya'' (История Российская, "History ...

" (), which is not to be trusted until it is supported by another source.

Authenticity

The chronicle is believed to be a 17th-century compilation of earlier sources describing events in the 10th and 11th centuries concerning the

Novgorod Republic The Novgorod Republic () was a medieval state that existed from the 12th to 15th centuries in northern Russia, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east. Its capital was the city of Novgorod. The ...

and

Kievan Rus' Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,. * was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical At ...

. The original chronicle was reportedly lost and the contents are known through Tatishchev's ''History of Russia'' (История Российская). However, Tatishchev's historiography is dubious, since his second (printed) redaction of his ''History of Russia'' is much more detailed than his first (handwritten) redaction and is based on sources no longer, and some say never, extant. Indeed, Tatishchev's sources are so problematic, that Iakov Solomonovich Lur'e (1968) wrote of "'

' (data found only in that historian.)" Be that as it may, Tatishchev concluded that the chronicle was written by

Ioakim Korsunianin Joachim of Korsun () was the first bishop of Novgorod the Great (). His surname suggests he probably came from the Byzantine town of Cherson (theme), Cherson (Korsun) on the Crimean Peninsula and, according to the chronicles, arrived in Kievan Ru ...

, the first bishop of Veliky Novgorod (ca. 988–1030). More recent studies indicate that the chronicle was more likely compiled by the

Patriarch Joachim of Moscow Patriarch Joachim (; January 6, 1620 – March 17, 1690) was the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, an opponent of the '' Raskol'' (the Old Believer schism), and a founder of the Slavic Greek Latin Academy. Born Ivan Petrovich Sa ...

(d. 1690).S. K. (Sergei Konstantinovich) Shambinago, “Ioakimovskaia letopis’.” ''Istoricheskie Zapiski'' (1947): 254-70; O. Tvorogov, “Ioakim.” In D. S. Likhachev, ed., ''Slovar’ knizhnikov i knizhnosti drevnei Rusi'', 3 vols. in 5 pts. (Leningrad and St. Petersburg: Nauk, 1987-1993) vol. 1 (''XI-pervaia polovina XIV vv.''). (Leningrad: Nauk, 1987): 204-205.

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* (Written by Iakov Solomonovich Lur'e, Яков Соломонович Лурье. Translated from Russian to English by Michael Cherniavsky). * * (also published at

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, Kyiv, 2005) 17th-century history books Old East Slavic chronicles Works of uncertain authorship {{manuscript-stub