Sofia First Chronicle
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The Sofia First Chronicle (Софийская первая летопись) is a Russia
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n chronicle
Chronicle
Generally a chronicle is a historical account of facts and events ranged in chronological order, as in a time line. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the...

 associated with the St. Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod, Russia
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Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. Its copies exist in two versions: Early Redaction (starshy izvod), which ends by 1418 and Later Redaction (mladshy izvod), with sporadic additions up to 1471, and up to 1508 in one of the copies.

Together with the Novgorod Fourth Chronicle
Novgorod Fourth Chronicle
The Novgorod Fourth Chronicle is a Russian chronicle of 15th century. It is traditionally called "Fourth" according to the order of the modern publication of Novgorod chronicles, rather than chronologically....

, it is believed that it is derived from a common source. Russian philologist Aleksey Shakhmatov
Aleksey Shakhmatov
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Shakhmatov was an outstanding Russian philologist credited with laying foundations for the science of textology.-Biography:...

 tentatively called it the Novgorodsko-Sofiysky Svod
Novgorodsko-Sofiysky Svod
According to Russian philologist Aleksey Shakhmatov, Novgorodsko-Sofiysky Svod is a tentative name for a hypothetical common source for the Novgorod Fourth Chronicle and the Sofia First Chronicle....

 (Novgorod-Sofia Corpus) and initially dated it by 1448, but later revised his opinion to 1430s. Some Russian philologists shared his opinion, while others attribute the common source to the 1418 Corpus of Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow
Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow
Photius of Kiev , Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus', Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia, of Greek descent....

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