Chronicle covers the years 852-1116 of Russian history.

The Primary Chronicle of Kyivan Rus' was authored by the early Christian monks of the Caves Monastery, and other monasteries, in today's capital city of Ukraine, Kyiv. It has been known by many different names including, "The Tale of Bygone Years", "Chronicle of Nestor", as well as other names. The Chronicle covers many centuries and was added to by many different monks. It tells about the founding of Kyiv and the origins of the Ukrainian people. This translation is based on the original Laurentian and Hypatian texts and is intended for the general reader who is interested in learning about the early history of Eastern Europe, in particular Ukraine. This modern English translation of the Chronicles of Kyivan Rus' will give the general reader and the student of Eastern Europe a good understanding of the times in which the two East European countries of Ukraine and Belarus and the Eurasian country of Russia were formed. It was a time of great change and major social upheaval, political, religious and cultural. This new translation of the history of Kyiv will give clarity to some of the misconceptions that are still prevalent in many political and academic circles around the world about Ukraine and Ukrainians. Dan Korolyshyn, born in Austria during the War, came to the States in 1947. Attended Public School in NYC on Manhattan's Lower Eastside. After school he went to Ukrainian school and studied Ukrainian history and culture. Later attended Ukrainian cultural courses at the Ukrainian resort, Soyuzivka, in upstate New York, continuing to study Ukrainian history. He took an upper level undergraduate history course on Kyivan Rus' at the University of Washington as a post graduate. Was a founding member of the Tidewater Ukrainian Cultural Association in Virginia and continues to study history and be involved in Ukrainian and Christian activities.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 117. Chapters: East Slavs, Primary Chronicle, Vladimir of Novgorod, Anne of Kiev, Perun, Kievan Rus', Varangians, Kylfings, Boleslaw I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis, 1018, Ukrainian hryvnia, Muscovite Manorialism, Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich, Novgorod Codex, Cuman people, Russkaya Pravda, Old East Slavic, The Tale of Igor's Campaign, Christianization of Kievan Rus', Culture of ancient Rus, Oleg III Svyatoslavich, Lendians, Pechenegs, Vyachko of Koknese, Vladimir III Svyatoslavich, Gleb Svyatoslavich, Mstislav II Svyatoslavich, Principality of Polotsk, Tmutarakan, Veche, Mstislav Rostislavich, Mstislav III Glebovich, Boris and Gleb, Kievian Letter, Architecture of Kievan Rus', Vsevolod the Big Nest, Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria, Posadnik, Principality of Peremyshl, Rota system, Battle on the river Nemiga, Kiev uprising of 1068, Belgorod Kievsky, Yaropolk II of Kiev, Maria Shvarnovna, Sermon on Law and Grace, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, Drevlyans, Ostromir Gospels, Severia, Vyshhorod, Principality of Smolensk, Lev II of Galicia, Andrew of Galicia, Raffelstetten Customs Regulations, Church of the Tithes, Battle of the River Bug, Izgoi, Siege of Kiev, Elisiv of Kiev, Druzhina, Garoariki, Sveneld, Rostislav of Tmutarakan, Stone of Tmutarakan, Iziaslav II of Kiev, Viacheslav I of Kiev, Principality of Murom, Black Grave, Bylina, Principality of Chernigov, Kholop, Vyatichi, Principality of Pereyaslavl, Rostislav I of Kiev, Boris stones, Rus'-Byzantine Treaty, Oleg of Drelinia, Rogneda of Polotsk, Volhynians, Izyaslav of Polotsk, Yuri I of Galicia, Council of Liubech, Gytha of Wessex, Dobrynya, Smerd, Kalokyros, Biritch, Volodar of Peremyshl, Boyan, Moses the Hungarian, Georgius Tzul, Poliudie, Vshchizh, Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, Konstantin Dobrynich, Principality of Beloozero, Sokha, Principality of...

Looks at the history of Russia during the Kievan period, from 862 to 1237.

Main description: An overriding assumption has long directed scholarship in both European and Slavic history: that Kievan Rus' in the tenth through twelfth centuries was part of a Byzantine commonwealth separate from Europe. Christian Raffensperger refutes this conception and offers a new frame for two hundred years of history, one in which Rus' is understood as part of medieval Europe and East is not so neatly divided from West. With the aid of Latin sources, the author brings to light the considerable political, religious, marital, and economic ties among European kingdoms, including Rus', restoring a historical record rendered blank by Rusianmonastic chroniclers as well as modern scholars ideologically motivated to build barriers between East and West. Further, Raffensperger revises the concept of a Byzantine Commonwealth that stood in opposition to Europe-and under which Rus' was subsumed-toward that of a Byzantine Ideal esteemed and emulated by all the states of Europe. In this new context, appropriation of Byzantine customs, law, coinage, art, and architecture in both Rus' and Europe can be understood as an attempt to gain legitimacy and prestige by association with the surviving remnant of the Roman Empire. Reimagining Europe initiates an expansion of history that is sure to challenge ideas of Russian exceptionalism and influence the course of European medieval studies.