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The '''Siberian Chronicles''' (''Сибирские летописи'' in [[Social:Russian language|Russian]]) are the {{wipe|Russia}}n chronicles of the late 16th - 18th centuries on the [[History:History of Siberia|history of Siberia]]. They include the [[History:Yesipov Chronicle|Yesipov Chronicle]], [[History:Kungur Chronicle|Kungur Chronicle]], [[History:Remezov Chronicle|Remezov Chronicle]], [[History:Stroganov Chronicle|Stroganov Chronicle]], and others. These chronicles represent a valuable source on the early history of the Russian Siberia. Some of the chronicles were compiled later, such as ''Записки к Сибирской истории служащие'' (Notes, Dedicated to the History of Siberia) and ''Новая Сибирская летопись'' (New Siberian Chronicle) by I.Cherepanov, ''Летопись г. Иркутска с 1652 г. до наших дней'' (Chronicle of the City of Irkutsk from 1652 to present day) by P.Pezhemsky, ''Краткая летопись Енисейского и Туруханского края Енисейской губернии'' (A Brief Chronicle of the Yenisey and Turukhansk Krais of the Yenisey Guberniya) (1594–1893) by A.I.Kytmanov. Altogether, there are more than forty known Siberian Chronicles.   
[[File:IstSib083 1.jpg|thumb|upright|Yermak drowning in the Irtysh River, a miniature from the Remezov Chronicle]]
The questions of origins and authenticity of the Siberian Chronicles were dealt with in different ways by the Russian historiographers. The traditional scheme of development of the Siberian chronicle-writing was proposed by Sergei Bakhrushin. He thought that [[Biography:Yermak Timofeyevich|Yermak]]'s companions compiled the so-called ''Написание, како приидоша в Сибирь...'' (Notes on How We Came to Siberia) in 1621, which didn't survive to this day. Based on these notes, they compiled the so-called ''Синодик Тобольского собора'' in 1622, or Synodikon of the Tobolsk [[Religion:Cathedral|Cathedral]] (синодик, from the [[Social:Greek language|Greek]] word ''synodikón'', which means a list of the dead submitted to church for remembrance in prayer). A chronicler Savva Yesipov compiled his own chronicle in 1636 based on the ''Notes...'' and ''Synodikon''. In mid-17th century, they compiled the Stroganov Chronicle based on the ''Notes...'' and archives of the Stroganovs, which has no immediate connection with the Yesipov Chronicle. In the late 16th - second half of the 17th century, they compiled the Kungur Chronicle based on verbal narrations of Yermak's companions and [[Social:Folklore|folklore]] of the late 16th century. The Remezov Chronicle was compiled in the late 17th century. Around that time, the so-called ''Описание Новые Земли Сибирского государства'' (Description of the New Lands of the Siberian State) was written by Nikifor Venyukov.

==References==
* {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.magister.msk.ru/library/history/solov/solv06pd.htm] Sergei Soloviev about Chronicles authenticity.

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