Aleksey Aleksandrovich Shakhmatov was a Russian philologist and historian credited with laying the foundations for the science of textology. Shakhmatov held the title of Doctor of Russian language and
Shahmatov Aleksey Aleksandrovich
Shakhmatov's grave in Volkovo Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Textual criticism or textology of the Primary Chronicle or Tale of Bygone Years aims to reconstruct the original text by comparing extant witnesses. This has included the search for reliable textual w
Aleksey Shakhmatov
…Shakhmatov Prize Textual criticism of the Primary Chronicle (PVL) Isoaho, Mari (2018). "Shakhmatov's Legacy and the Chronicles of Kievan Rus'". Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History. 19 (3…
Copy of the calling of the Varangians text as preserved in the Laurentian Codex
Varangians native lable name 07
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