In the second third of the sixteenth century, the Moscow chronicle entered the period of its greatest prosperity. The result of the efforts of scribes, scribes and artists was a richly illustrated chronicle that described Russian history from Vladimir Monomakh to Ivan the Terrible. The prelude to the history of the Muscovite State was the history of the ancient kingdoms. The ten-volume chronicle collection consisted of a total of about 20 thousand sheets and 16 thousand elaborately executed miniatures. The last two volumes of the "facial" codex were devoted to the time of Tsar Ivan IV. One of these volumes (GIM, Synodal Collection, No. 962) contained an early revision of the text for 1535-1542 with a continuation. The second volume, the so-called Royal Book (ibid., No. 149), included a later edition of Izvestiya for 1533-1542 with a continuation until 1553. The attention of researchers has long been attracted by traces of vigorous editorial editing in the margins of these manuscripts. The rough nature of the edit made it particularly important. Historians have had a rare opportunity to get a clearer idea of the methods of writing the chronicle and thereby assess the degree of reliability and reliability of the chronicle material. Interest in cursive corrections in the margins of the manuscript became exceptional from the moment when it was suggested that they were autographs of Ivan IV 1 . The first indications of the tsar's chronicle activities date back to the fall of A. F. Adashev. The head of the government, known as the "Elected Rada", paid great attention to the official chronicle .2 On the eve of Opala (1560), Adashev took with him to the Livonian campaign rough materials intended to replenish the current chronicle. In Livonia, a disgraced nobleman was imprisoned and died. Having received the news of this, Ivan IV sent a trusted person to Yuryev with orders to investigate the causes of Adashev's death, and at the same time to withdraw chronicle materials from ... Read more