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Laurentian Codex is a collection of chronicles that includes the oldest extant version of the Primary Chronicle
Primary Chronicle

The Primary Chronicle , or Russian Primary Chronicle, is a history of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110, originally compiled in Kiev about 1113....
 and its continuations, mostly relating the events in the Northern Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (Vladimir-Suzdal
Vladimir-Suzdal

Vladimir-Suzdal Principality , or Vladimir-Suzdal Rus , was a principality which succeeded Kievan Rus as the most powerful Rus' state in the late 12th century and lasted until the late 14th century....
).

The codex was copied by the Nizhegorod
Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, ranking after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk....
 monk Laurentius for the Prince Dmitry Konstantinovich in 1377. The original text he used was a lost codex compiled for the Grand Duke Mikhail of Tver in 1305. The account continues until 1305, but the years 898–922, 1263–83 and 1288–94 are for some reason omitted.






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Laurentian Codex is a collection of chronicles that includes the oldest extant version of the Primary Chronicle
Primary Chronicle

The Primary Chronicle , or Russian Primary Chronicle, is a history of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110, originally compiled in Kiev about 1113....
 and its continuations, mostly relating the events in the Northern Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 (Vladimir-Suzdal
Vladimir-Suzdal

Vladimir-Suzdal Principality , or Vladimir-Suzdal Rus , was a principality which succeeded Kievan Rus as the most powerful Rus' state in the late 12th century and lasted until the late 14th century....
).

The codex was copied by the Nizhegorod
Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, ranking after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk....
 monk Laurentius for the Prince Dmitry Konstantinovich in 1377. The original text he used was a lost codex compiled for the Grand Duke Mikhail of Tver in 1305. The account continues until 1305, but the years 898–922, 1263–83 and 1288–94 are for some reason omitted. The manuscript was acquired by the famous Count Musin-Pushkin
Aleksei Musin-Pushkin

Aleksei Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin , count since 1797, statesman, historian and art collector. Musin-Pushkin is credited with discovering in Yaroslavl the manuscript The Tale of Igor's Campaign....
 in 1792 and subsequently presented to the Russian National Library
Russian National Library

The National Library of Russia in St Petersburg, known as the State Public Saltykov-Shchedrin Library in 1932-1992 , is the oldest public library in Russia....
 in St Petersburg.

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