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Russian Primary Chronicle (Povest' vremennykh let)

Name: Russian Primary Chronicle (Povest' vremennykh let)
Author: Kievan monastic chroniclers (traditionally Nestor)

Kievan monastic chroniclers (traditionally Nestor) · c. 1113 CE · Old East Slavic

Ancient text

Kievan monastic chroniclers (traditionally Nestor)

c. 1113 CE

The chief narrative history of Kievan Rus', whose entries for 907, 945, 980, and 988 name Perun and Veles in treaty oaths and list the idols Prince Vladimir set up in Kyiv.

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The chief narrative history of Kievan Rus', whose entries for 907, 945, 980, and 988 name Perun and Veles in treaty oaths and list the idols Prince Vladimir set up in Kyiv.

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Vladimir's Pantheon of 980legendPrince Vladimir of Kiev raises six idols on a hill outside his palace in 980, an official state pantheon he himself would tear down eight years later.

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