The Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles (Russian: Полное собрание русских летописей, romanizedPolnoe sobranie russkikh letopisei[1][2], abbr. PSRL[1][2]) is a series of published volumes aimed at collecting all medieval East Slavic chronicles, with various editions published in Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and Russian Federation. The project is ongoing and far from finished.

Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles

AuthorArchaeographical Commission
Original title
Полное собрание русских летописей
CountryRussian Empire
Soviet Union
LanguageRussian
Genrehistory
PublisherTypography of Edward Prats
Published1841 –
No. of books43 volumes

The chronicles were assembled by the Archaeographical Expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences (starting in 1828). They were prepared for publication by the Archaeographical Commission, established in 1834 as part of the Ministry of National Enlightenment. The first volumes were published by a publisher "Typography of Edward Prats". The commission was charged to publish the collection on February 18, 1837.

The first ten volumes appeared between 1841 and 1863. New volumes have been brought forth piecemeal throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. Some of the older volumes have also been reprinted, especially after 1997.

In 1977, Ludolf Müller discovered that thousands of textual variants in the Radziwiłł Chronicle and Academic Chronicle were not reported, or reported incorrectly, in Volume 1 of the PSRL.[3]

List of published volumes

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Abbreviations

Typography of Edward Prats

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In 1871–72 the first two volumes were republished as the second editions.

Typography of Skorokhodov and Typography of Aleksandrov

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  • Shakhmatov, Aleksey Aleksandrovich, ed. (1908). Ipat'evskaya letopis' Ипатьевская лѣтопись [The Hypatian Codex]. Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles (PSRL) (in Church Slavic). Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). Saint Petersburg: Typography of M. A. Aleksandrov / Izbornyk. Retrieved 18 July 2024.[5][2]

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  1. ^ a b c d Ostrowski 1981, p. 12.
  2. ^ a b c Kloss 2007, p. 144.
  3. ^ Ostrowski 1981, p. 14.
  4. ^ Kloss 2007, p. 146.
  5. ^ a b Ostrowski 1981, p. 13.

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