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Mykola Zharkikh (Kyiv)

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1st quarter 2022

Impressions of the war – 13

I publish the 13th draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «Let them not sleep now!».

Rusophils are insensitive to rational arguments, but are able to feel, in particular, fear. That’s why I decided to beat on this point.

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Chronicle of our struggle – 1

I begin publishing the collection of news «Chronicle of our struggle». Today – «1st week (February 24 – March 2, 2022)».

Today, all over our country [Ukraine] there are queues at military registration and enlistment offices, and throughout your country [Russia] there is a queue at ATMs – Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Textological analysis of Pachomius Serb’s texts».

Features of structure and content / Convergence and divergence of texts S-6 – S-8 / Individual features of the text S-6 / and common features (S-7 + S-8)

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Impressions of the war – 12

I publish the 12th draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «Because this is Ukraine!».

Mariupol has been fighting in full besiegement for fourth week now, more than the British, French and American armies combined in these episodes.

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Impressions of the war – 11

I publish the 11th draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «Referendum of no confidence».

My positive attitude towards Zelensky was shaken by the referendum beacon, and I am giving Zelensky a "yellow card" – a warning.

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Impressions of the war – 10

I publish the 10th draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «The boomerang returns».

The same "Wagner" that Zelensky so diligently saved in 2020-2021 has now been ordered to kill his philanthropist.

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Texts of Pachomius Serb».

The next group of long texts is derived from the text compiled by Pachomius Serb († after 1484).

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Impressions of the war – 9

I publish the 9th draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «Who ate my macaroni?».

All in all, there will be no more quinoa, because the evil imperialists have banned the import of quinoa seeds to Greater Russia.

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Impressions of the war – 8

I publish the 8th draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «Why did we burn that tire?».

The enemy loses the remnants of his mind and takes clearly insane steps. And the one who lost his mind – he lost everything.

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Remarks on the long chronicle texts of the 15th century».

The text of the Sophia 1st Chronicle older recension / The text of the Novgorod 1st Chronicle younger recension / The text of the Moscow codex of 1492 / The text of the Vologda-Perm chronicle

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Impressions of the war – 7

I publish the 7th draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «There is no way».

And I have not heard such a thing – for Ukrainians to surround Moscow and move to the Garden Ring. Someday they will come, but not today. And maybe not even tomorrow, so we have time…

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Impressions of the war – 6

I publish the 6th draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «Both shame and war».

Stoltenberg chose shame, and I sincerely wish him war.

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Long chronicle texts (15th century)».

The SMF was involved in the Great Russian chronicle writing relatively late, only at the beginning of the 15th century, but earlier than the time when Pakhomi Serb was writing.

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Impressions of the war – 5

I publish the fifth draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «The eighth day of creation».

Apparently, I was wrong when I created this earth, – said God and stretched out his right hand… And so one ninth of the land disappear. But the rest of the world didn’t notice this.

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Impressions of the war – 4

I publish the fourth draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «Trial stones».

In war, time passes quickly, and what was impossible yesterday – may become possible and even necessary now or tomorrow.

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Impressions of the war – 3

I publish the third draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «New opportunities».

Zelensky has received a unique new chance, and if he plays his role to the end with such dignity, all the previous ones will be forgotten, and he will go down in history as an effective leader.

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Impressions of the war – 2

I publish the second draft from the series «Impressions of the war» – «Historian during the siege».

Echoes of explosions are heard from the right bank of the Dnieper, but very far away (I am writing on February 26, 2022 at 10:30). "Is there fate or misfortune – and you, Moshka, play…"

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Short Prologue texts (14 – 15 centuries)».

In general, there can be no doubt that short Prologue texts arose as an abbreviation of long Prologue texts (directly or through other abbreviations).

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First impression of the war

I publish the note «Ukrainian Pearl Harbor».

On the morning of February 24, world leaders delighted us with their unanimous statements about Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine.

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New article on history

I publish a note "What’s wrong with the Romanovich Chronicle" (2022).

1, whether this scheme answers all questions about the formation of Galician-Volynian chronicle (GVL); 2, what are the consequences of this textual critique for source studies and further use of GVL.

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Literary analysis of long Prologue text».

From the point of view of a historian who is looking for sources to cover the events of the mid-13th century – RPT is not of interest due to its remoteness from the time of the event.

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Prototypes of long Prologue text».

A word about Tatar captivity. Protograph of the SMF. The joint protograph of S-1 and S-2 I will designate S-0. Its author decided to write a story about the death of Michael and Fedor.

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Textological analysis of long Prologue texts».

What an long Prologue text closer to the original? / What is characteristic in S-2? / Text S-3 / Text S-4 / Comparison of S-5 copies / What is characteristic in S-5?

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Long Prologue texts».

Long Prologue texts published by N. Serebryansky form a rather close group.

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Rostov text».

Given the importance of the early Rostov text (S-1) of the SMF, I compare here the two oldest copies.

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «The ideas of the origin of "Tale"».

N. I. Serebryansky (1915). L. A. Dmitriev (1989). B. M. Kloss (2003). O. V. Loseva (2009).

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I continue publishing the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021). Today – section «Early source information».

Hypatian Chronicle. Laurentian Chronicle. John of Plano Carpini. Wilhelm Rubruk.

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New about prince Michael of Chernigiv

I begin publisheng the work «Literary history "Tale of the death in the Horde of Prince Michael of Chernihiv and the boyar Fedor"» (2021).

Although the Tale of Michael and Fedor is used by historians as a source of factual information about the event of 1246, in fact it is a purely literary work.

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