Tale of Bygone Years (collection in the translations of D. S. Likhachev. With comments)

The collection includes key works of ancient Russian literature of the XII-XVII centuries, clearly reflecting its genre, stylistic and figurative-thematic multidimensions: “The Tale of Bygone Years”-the first Russian annals created by the monk of the Kiev-Pechersky monastery by Nestor; The "teaching" of the Grand Duke of Kyiv Vladimir Monomakh is the first Russian secular sermon; “Prayer of Daniel of the Soldor” is one of the early experiments of Russian noble journalism; “The Tale of Rhazan Batu” and “The Tale of the Woe-Substruction”. All texts are published in the translations of the outstanding Russian literary critic, academician D. S. Likhachev and are equipped with detailed comments.