Rus' chronicles

Rus' chronicles
Illustration from the illuminated 15th-century Radziwiłł Chronicle
Author(s)Primarily clergy
LanguageOld Church Slavonic and Old East Slavic
Date11–18th centuries
GenreHistory

The Rus' chronicles, or Russian chronicles, was the primary Rus' historical literature. Chronicles were composed from the 11th to the 18th centuries.

Chronicles were the main historical narrative until the mid-16th century (the reign of Ivan the Terrible), when they were superseded by chronographs.

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