THE KYIV CHRONICLE OF THE 12TH CENTURY: THE AUTHOR IN SEARCH OF A HERO

The Kyiv Chronicle is a continuation of the most famous piece Ukrainian Corpus — Tale Bygone Years. In manuscript collections 15th-18th centuries, it an integral part chronicle Rus, describing events from 1117 to 1198. scholars traditionally work with oldest record Hypatian Codex created before 1425. This text has undergone least interference scribes. Several generations authoritative medievalists studied stylistics and genre diversity in detail. They convincingly argued that became compilation individual literary pieces. works were gathered, edited, compiled by abbot Vydubychi St. Michael’s Monastery Moisei at end 12th century. There four compilations 1168, 1170, 1179, 1190, which formed basis Moisei’s version. Petro Boryslavych’s style can be traced clearly, attribute authorship him. particular, foreign have no doubt he was author fragment deals life Iziaslav Mstyslavych, his son Mstyslav Iziaslavych nephew Riuryk Rostyslavych. study focuses on features Izvod authored Boryslavych. aimed not just glorify prince-patron but tried model ideal image ruler, actions characterizing personalities contemporary rulers. As peculiarities Iziaslav, significantly differs other stories one important event princes singled out researchers within Izvod. large covers long period. Therefore, reasonable define this as story-chronicle or biographical chronicle.