Ioachim Chronicle
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The Ioachim Chronicle also spelled Joachim or Ioakim) is a chronicle discovered by the Russian historian Vasily Tatishchev
in the 18th century. The chronicle is believed to be a 17th-century compilation of earlier sources describing events in the 10th and 11th centuries concerning the Novgorod Republic
and Kievan Rus'
.
The original chronicle was lost and the contents are known through Tatishchev's "History of Russia" (История Российская), although Tatishchev's historiograph is dubious since his later edition of his history or Russia is much more detailed than his earlier edition and is based on sources no longer, and some say never, extant. Indeed, Tatishchev's sources are so problematic, that Iakov Solomonovich Lur'e wrote of "'Tatishchev information' (data found only in that historian." Be that as it may, Tatishchev concluded that the chronicle was written by Ioakim Korsunianin
, the first bishop of Novgorod the Great (ca. 988-1030). More recent studies indicate that the chronicle was more likely compiled by the Muscovite Patriarch Ioachim (d. 1690).
Vasily Tatishchev
Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a prominent Russian statesman, and ethnographer, best remembered as the author of the first full-scale Russian history...
in the 18th century. The chronicle is believed to be a 17th-century compilation of earlier sources describing events in the 10th and 11th centuries concerning the Novgorod Republic
Novgorod Republic
The Novgorod Republic was a large medieval Russian state which stretched from the Baltic Sea to the Ural Mountains between the 12th and 15th centuries, centred on the city of Novgorod...
and Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus was a medieval polity in Eastern Europe, from the late 9th to the mid 13th century, when it disintegrated under the pressure of the Mongol invasion of 1237–1240....
.
The original chronicle was lost and the contents are known through Tatishchev's "History of Russia" (История Российская), although Tatishchev's historiograph is dubious since his later edition of his history or Russia is much more detailed than his earlier edition and is based on sources no longer, and some say never, extant. Indeed, Tatishchev's sources are so problematic, that Iakov Solomonovich Lur'e wrote of "'Tatishchev information' (data found only in that historian." Be that as it may, Tatishchev concluded that the chronicle was written by Ioakim Korsunianin
Ioakim Korsunianin
Ioakim Korsunianin was the first bishop of Novgorod the Great . As his surname suggests, he probably came from the Byzantine town of Cherson on the Crimean Peninsula and was sent to Kievan Rus' about 989...
, the first bishop of Novgorod the Great (ca. 988-1030). More recent studies indicate that the chronicle was more likely compiled by the Muscovite Patriarch Ioachim (d. 1690).