Ioachim Chronicle

The Ioachim Chronicle or Ioakim Chronicle^[1] (Russian: Иоакимовская Летопись, romanized: Ioakimovskaja Letopisʹ), also spelled Joachim or Ioakim) is a chronicle allegedly discovered by the Russian Imperial historian Vasily Tatishchev in the 18th century. The alleged Ioachim Chronicle, which has never been found, is part of the "Tatishchev information" (Russian: Татищевские известия, romanized: Tatishchevskie izvestiya), which is not to be trusted until it is supported by another source.^[2][3]

Authenticity

The chronicle is believed to be a 17th-century compilation of earlier sources describing events in the 10th and 11th centuries concerning the Novgorod Republic and Kievan Rus'.^[4]

The original chronicle was reportedly lost and the contents are known through Tatishchev's History of Russia (История Российская).^[5] However, Tatishchev's historiography is dubious, since his second (printed) redaction of his History of Russia is much more detailed than his first (handwritten) redaction and is based on sources no longer, and some say never, extant. Indeed, Tatishchev's sources are so problematic, that Iakov Solomonovich Lur'e (1968) wrote of "'Tatishchev information' (data found only in that historian.)"^[6] Be that as it may, Tatishchev concluded that the chronicle was written by Ioakim Korsunianin, the first bishop of Veliky Novgorod (ca. 988–1030). More recent studies indicate that the chronicle was more likely compiled by the Patriarch Joachim of Moscow (d. 1690).^[7]

References

1. Ostrowski 2018, p. 38.
2. Tolochko 2005, pp. 227, 458–468.
3. Ostrowski 2018, pp. 36, 38, 47.
4. Tarasov I.M. Some plots of Gothic history mentioned in Ioachim Chronicles.2021. Part I. P.54–70.
5. V. I. Tatishchev, Istoriia Rossiskaia (Moscow and Leningrad: AN SSSR, 1962), vol. 1, pp. 107—119.
6. Luria 1968, pp. 1–2.
7. S. K. (Sergei Konstantinovich) Shambinago, “Ioakimovskaia letopis’.” Istoricheskie Zapiski (1947): 254-70; O. Tvorogov, “Ioakim.” In D. S. Likhachev, ed., Slovar’ knizhnikov i knizhnosti drevnei Rusi, 3 vols. in 5 pts. (Leningrad and St. Petersburg: Nauk, 1987-1993) vol. 1 (XI-pervaia polovina XIV vv.). (Leningrad: Nauk, 1987): 204-205.

Bibliography

• Luria, J. (1968). "Problems of Source Criticism (with Reference to Medieval Russian Documents)". Slavic Review. 27 (1). Cambridge University Press: 1–22. doi:10.2307/2493909. ISSN 0037-6779. (Written by Iakov Solomonovich Lur'e, Яков Соломонович Лурье. Translated from Russian to English by Michael Cherniavsky).
• Ostrowski, Donald (2018). "Was There a Riurikid Dynasty in Early Rus'?". Canadian-American Slavic Studies. 52 (1): 30–49. doi:10.1163/22102396-05201009.
• Tolochko, Oleksiy Petrovych (2005). "История Российская" Василия Татищева: источники и известия "Istoriia Rossiiskaia" Vasiliia Tatishcheva: istochniki i izvestiia [Vasily Tatishchev's "History of Russia": Sources and Information]. Moscow: Новое литературное обозрение Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie. p. 543. ISBN 9795867933462. Retrieved 17 May 2023. (also published at Krytyka, Kyiv, 2005)