Novgorod First Chronicle
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The Novgorod First Chronicle, also known by its 1914 English edition title The Chronicle of Novgorod, 1016–1471, is the oldest extant Rus' chronicle of the Novgorod Republic. Written in Old East Slavi
First sheet of the Synod Scroll, dated to the 13th/14th century.
The Synod Scroll on display in 2012 in the State Historical Museum
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Fully scanned NPL Synod Scroll (click to open full PDF)
Calling of the Varangians
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The calling of the Varangians, calling of the princes or invitation to the Varangians is a legend about the origins of the Rus' people, the Rurik dynasty and the Kievan Rus' state, recorded in many di
The calling of the Varangians illustrated in the Radziwiłł Chronicle (15th century)
The calling of the Varangians in the Laurentian Codex (1377), fol. 7r
The Invitation of the Varangians painted by Viktor Vasnetsov (c. 1913): arrival of Rurik, Sineus and Truvor