List of abbreviations
Nicholas Zharkikh
AKS – Annals of King Sigismund, part of the "Lithuanian" chronicle
ANL – Alexander Nevsky Chronicle (1567) [PSRL, vol. 29]
AV – Acts of Vytautas, part of the "Vytautas" chronicle
Bil0L – Hypothetical protograph copies Bil1L – Bil4L
Bil1L – Bil6L – copies of "Belarusian" chronicle
BilL – "Belarusian" chronicle
Chr – Chronograph (1512, 1551) [PSRL, vol. 22]
CMF – Chronicle Metropolitan Photius (hypothetical chronicle of the 1410 – 1427)
EL – Ermolin Chronicle (1481) [PSRL, vol. 23]
EMF – epitome (abbreviated chronicle) Metropolitan Photios (hypothetical chronicle, brought to 1427).
GDL – Great Duchy of Lithuania
GL – Gustynja Chronicle [PSRL, vol. 40]; also GL1 – chronocle up to 1597; GL2 – chronicle 17 cent.
GVL – Galician-Volhynian chronicle, part of the Hipatios chronicle for 1203 – 1292 [PSRL, vol. 2]
IFL – Joasaph’s Chronicle (1520)
L72YA – Annals of the 72 languages (1497, 1518) [PSRL, vol. 28]
LA – Avraamka chronicle (1469) [PSRL, vol. 16]
Lit0L – hypothetical protograph all the "Lithuanian" chronicles
Lit1L – Lit8L – copies of the "Lithuanian" chronicle
Lit1L – "Lithuanian" 1st chronicle [Bykhovets, PSRL, vol. 32]
Lit5L – "Lithuanian" 5th chronicle [Raczinski, PSRL, vol. 35]
LitL – "Lithuanian" chronicle
LL – Laurentian Chronicle (1305) [PSRL, vol. 1]
LNTS – Chronicle of the beginning reign (1552) [PSRL, vol. 29]
LRP – Legend of the Russian princes, part of "Belarusian" chronicle
LvovL – Lvov’s Chronicle (1560) [PSRL, vol. 20]
MAL – Moscow Academic Chronicle (1418) [PSRL, vol. 1]
MazL – Mazurinsky chronicler (1682) [PSRL, vol. 31]
MemV – Memorial of Vytautas
MS1492 – Moscow codex of 1492 [PSRL, vol. 25]
MS1493 – Moscow abbreviated codex of 1493 [PSRL, vol. 27]
MS1495 – Moscow abbreviated codex of 1495 [PSRL, vol. 27]
MTG – Moscow-Tver group of chronicles (TL + SimL + RogL)
MTL – Moscow-Tver Chronicle, part of the RogL and SimL for the 1375 – 1411.
N1LMI – Novgorod 1st Chronicle younger recension (1446)
N1LSI – Novgorod 1st Chronicle older recension (1352)
N4L – Novgorod 4th Chronicle (1447) [PSRL, vol. 4]
NikL – Nikon Chronicle (1558) [PSRL, vol. 9 – 13]; Nik1L – part arose prior to 1428; Nik2L – part arose from the 1429
NKL – Novgorod Karamzin Chronicle (1428) [PSRL, vol. 42]; also NKL1 – the first series of statements, NKL2 – the second series of statements
P1L – Pskov 1st Chronicle (1650)
P2L – Pskov 2nd Chronicle (1486)
P3L – Pskov third chronicle (1650)
PiskL – Piskaryovsky chronicler (1615) [PSRL, vol. 34]
PSRL – Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles
PV – Praise of Vytautas, part of the "Vytautas" chronicle
RogL – Rogozhsky chronicler (1411) [PSRL, vol. 15, part 1]
S1LSI – Sofia 1st Chronicle older recension (1418) [PSRL, vol. 6, part 1]
S2L – Sofia 2nd Chronicle (1517) [PSRL, vol. 6, part 2]
S3L – Sofia 3rd Chronicle (1508) [which in historiography called Sofia 1st chronicle Tsarsky copy; PSRL, vol. 39]
SCL – "Short chronicle Lithuania"", part of the "Lithuanian" chronicle
SCR – story about the congress rulers, part of the "Vytautas" chronicle
Sim1L – Simeon 1st Chronicle (1411) (PSRL, vol. 18)
Sim2L – Simeon 2nd Chronicle (1493) (PSRL, vol. 18)
SimL – Simeon chronicle [PSRL, Vol. 18]; also Sim1L – part of SimL up to 1411; Sim2L – part of Si,L for 1412 – 1493
SNG – Sophia-Novgorod group of chronicles (S1LSI + NKL + N4L)
TipL – Typographical Chronicle (1489, 1534) [PSRL, vol. 24]
TL – Trinity Chronicle (1408)
TOŠ – "Tale of Švitrigaila", integral part of "Vytautas" chronicle
TOV – "Tale of Vytautas," the first part "Vytautas" chronicle
TPL – "Tale of Podillja land", an integral part of "Vytautas" chronicle
TverL – Tver Chronicle (1534) [PSRL, vol. 15]
Vit1L – Vit7L – copies "Vytautas" chronicle
VitL – "Vytautas" chronicle
VL – Resurrection Chronicle (1541) [PSRL, vol. 7 – 8]
VladL – vlasimirski Chronickler (1523) [PSRL, vol. 30]
VPL – Vologda and Perm Chronicle (1538) [PSRL, vol. 26]
VS1215 – Vladimir codex of 1215 [PSRL, vol. 38, 41]
WIN – The words of Isaac of Nineveh, manuscript 1428 with "Praise of Vytautas"