Sofia 1st chronicle older recension
(1203 – 1278)

Nicholas Zharkikh

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The Sofia 1st Chronicle older recension (S1LSI) reached us in two copies from the 1480s [PSRL, 2000, vol. 6, no. 1]. This important chronicle was the basis of almost all subsequent chronicles of northeastern Russia in the 15th and 16th centuries.