Textual variants in the Primary Chronicle

Textual variants in the Primary Chronicle manuscripts of the Kievan Rus' arise when a copyist makes deliberate or inadvertent alterations to the text that is being reproduced.

Textual criticism (or textology) of the Primary Chronicle or Tale of Bygone Years (Old East Slavic: Повѣсть времѧньныхъ лѣтъ, romanized: Pověstĭ vremęnĭnyxŭ lětŭ,[a] commonly abbreviated PVL[1]) has included study of its textual variants.

Frequently used sigla (scribal symbols and abbreviations) of Primary Chronicle manuscripts and editions include: Note: Unlike the chapters and verses of the Bible used in biblical studies, textual criticism of the Primary Chronicle (PVL) employs notation by page and line.

1.3 1.9 3.8 3.8–3.9 4.12 4.13 4.13 5.22 5.23–25 See also Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin § Second phase (900–902) 6.6–8 See also Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin § Second phase (900–902) 6.13 7.21–9.4 Journey of Andrew the Apostle along the Dnieper from Korsun via the future site of Kyiv towards the future site of Veliky Novgorod.

9.5–10.16 9.5–21 The legendary founding of Kiev (Kyiv) 9.17 9.26–10.16 The acts of Kyi, and the death of the four siblings.

25.10–21 See also Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin § Second phase (900–902) 26.21 41.13 reference to Acts 19:13–14.

55.10 55.22 55.23 55.24 55.25 56.1 60.25–62.8 Olga's visit to Tsargrad (Constantinople), and conversion to Byzantine Christianity.

Volodimer' I defeated the Pechenegs on the river Trubizh, and alleged founded Belgorod (Bilhorod Kyivskyi) and Pereyaslavl' (Pereiaslav).

Dynastic challenges to Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich of Kiev by Yaroslav Yaropolkich of Brest (?)

1108–1109: Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich of Kiev orders construction of various church buildings.

Signs in sky at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, including lightning, pillars of fire and cloud, and an angelic apparation.