The story of temporary years

The collection includes key works of ancient Russian literature of the XII-XVII centuries, clearly reflecting its genre, stylistic and figurative and tamatic multidimensions: “The Tale of Bygone Years”-the first Russian chronicle created by the monk of the Kiev Pechersky Monastery Nestor, the “teaching” of the Grand Duke of Kyiv Vladimir Monomakh Monomakh -The first Russian secular preaching, “Daniel’s prayer” is one of the early experiments of Russian noble journalism, “The Tale of Ryazan Batu” and “The Tale of the Woe-Easternism”. All texts are published in the translations of the outstanding Russian literary critic, Academician D.S. Likhachev and are equipped with detailed comments