The Primary Chronicle

Name: The Primary Chronicle
Start: 1113
Location: Kiev Caves Monastery

c. 1113 · Kiev Caves Monastery · Eastern Europe & Russia · Culture

'Whence came the Rus' land': the chief chronicle of Rus'

The Primary Chronicle — Viktor Vasnetsov · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Around 1113 the monk Nestor compiled earlier records into a chronicle opening with 'whence came the Rus' land'. It is our source for the calling of the Varangians, Olga's revenge and Vladimir's choice of faith. It survives in later copies, and many of its stories are more legend than fact.

State: Principality of Kiev, Kievan Rus'

Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 12th century

Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)

Europe

c. 1088 University of Bologna — 25 years earlier

Middle East

1099 Crusaders capture Jerusalem — 14 years earlier

Asia

c. 1113–1150 Construction of Angkor Wat — same year

Alive at the time

Omar Khayyam (aged 65)
Vladimir II Monomakh (aged 60)
Hildegard of Bingen (aged 15)
Yuri Dolgoruky (aged 14)
Andrey Bogolyubsky (aged 2)
Sviatopolk II (aged 63)
Nestor the Chronicler (aged 57)
Henry I Beauclerc (aged 45)
Lothair III (aged 38)
Mstislav the Great (aged 37)