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    The Russian Primary Chronicle, commonly shortened to Primary Chronicle (Church Slavonic: Повѣсть времѧньныхъ лѣтъ, romanized: Pověstĭ vremęnĭnyxŭ lětŭ...
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    Peninsula in the east, uniting the East Slavic tribes. According to the Primary Chronicle, the first ruler to unite East Slavic lands into what would become...
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    Либідь [ˈlɪbidʲ]; Old East Slavic: Лыбѣдь)—who, according to the Primary Chronicle, founded the medieval city of Kyiv, which eventually became the capital...
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    chronology. Primary Chronicle entry for 968 Cross and Sherbowitz-Wetzor, Primary Chronicle, p. 84. Cross and Sherbowitz-Wetzor, Primary Chronicle, p. 84....
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    Rus'–Byzantine War of 907 is associated in the Primary Chronicle with the name of Oleg of Novgorod. The chronicle implies that it was the most successful military...
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    and laid the foundations of the Kievan Rus' state. According to the Primary Chronicle, he succeeded his "kinsman" Rurik as ruler of Novgorod, and subdued...
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    Varangians (Varyags, in Old East Slavic) are first mentioned by the Primary Chronicle as having exacted tribute from the Slavic and Finnic tribes in 859...
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    Rus' chronicle or Russian chronicle: 51  or Rus' letopis (Old East Slavic: лѣтопись, romanized: lětopisʹ) was the primary type of Rus' historical literature...
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    could be as early as 890 AD and as late as 925 AD. According to the Primary Chronicle, Olga was of Varangian (Viking) origin and was born in Pleskov. Little...
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    - Japan Nuova Cronica – Florence Nuremberg Chronicle Paschale Chronicle – Mediterranean Primary Chronicle – Eastern Europe Puranas – India Rajatarangini...
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