Pskov Chronicles

The manuscripts of the 1547 compilation show a heavy pro-Muscovite influence,[2] emphasising Moscow's superiority and authority, particularly in the Tale of Pskov's Capture under the year 1510.

[2] It does not say much about the veche and the conflicts with Novgorod, but does say a lot about wars, epidemics and revolts against the Pskovian governors appointed by the prince of Moscow in 1483–1486.

The author condemns the Muscovite princes Vasily III and Ivan IV "the Terrible" because of their marriages.

[5] The date of Kiev's fall, provided as 19 November 1240 by the Pskovian chronicles, used to be accepted by several earlier historians,[8] but scholar Alexander V. Maiorov (2016) concluded that this version of events 'is entirely fictitious', made up in order 'to reconstruct the history of the struggle against the Tatars at a time when the Golden Horde had lost its political importance.

The later continuations, especially those of the Pskov Third Chronicle ending in the mid-17th century, feature characteristics typical of early modern Russian (Muscovite).