In ca. 1307, three Old Rus' chronicles?the P ovcst vremmenyx l??t (Tale of Bygone Years, covering the years 872-1117), Kievan chronicle (for the years 1119-1199) and the Galician-Volhynian chronicle (for the years 1205-1289)?were joined together. These three component parts have come down to us only in the form of a compilation (datable to ca. 1425) which scholars have named the Hypatian chronicle. Of the five extant witnesses of the Hypatian chronicle,...