Nestor the Chronicler
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Nestor the Chronicler was a monk of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev and a prominent author in Kievan Rus'. He is firmly credited with writing two major hagiographies: the Life of the Venerable Theo
Soviet forensic facial reconstruction by Sergei Nikitin (1985)
Nestor commemorated on a 1956 Soviet stamp
Depiction of Nestor the Chronicler by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1919
Primary Chronicle
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The Primary Chronicle, shortened from the common Russian Primary Chronicle, is a chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110. It is believed to have been originally compiled in the Kiev area in th
Nestor the Chronicler
…Caves and the Account about the Life and Martyrdom of the Blessed Passion Bearers Boris and Gleb. Traditional historiography has long attributed the Primary Chronicle (also known as the Tale of Bygone Years) to Nestor, which originally earned him the title of "the Chronicler." However, many modern scholars doubt that…
Sheet from Radziwiłł Chronicle
The Historian Nestor by Leo Mol
The baptism of Prince Vladimir I in Korsun in 988 (from the Radziwiłł Chronicle)
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