Editing Primary Chronicle (section)

=== Stories ===
The early part of the ''PVL'' features many anecdotal stories, among them:

* The supposed biblical origins of the Slavs from a son of [[Noah]] mentioned in the [[Hebrew Bible]];{{cn|date=September 2022}}
* the early history of the Slavs, with the banks of the [[river Danube]] in the regions of [[Hungary]], [[Illyria]], and [[Bulgaria]] described as their place of original settlement;{{cn|date=September 2022}} <!--- Although, as a result of aggression on the part of the [[Vlachs]], one group of the Slavs made their homes by the [[Vistula]] ([[Polans (eastern)|Polyanians]]), another settled on the [[Dnieper]] ([[Drevlians]] and [[Polans (eastern)|Polyanians]]), while the third resided along the Dvina (Dregovichians), and another group dwelt about the [[Lake Ilmen|Lake Il’men.]] All this migration is dated back to the time of [[Andrew the Apostle]] who visited the Slavs on Il’men.{{cn|date=September 2022}} The Polyanians built Kiev and named it after their ruler, [[Kyi]]. After the establishment of Kiev, under the rulership of [[Heraclius|Emperor Heraclius]], many of the Slavs were invaded and oppressed by the [[Bulgars]], [[Avars (Caucasus)|Avars]], and [[Pechenegs]]. At the same time, the Slavs from the Dnieper came under the predatory lordship of the [[Khazars]] and were forced to pay [[tribute]].{{cn|date=September 2022}} --->
* the legendary founding of [[Kyiv|Kiev]] by [[Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv|Kyi, Shchek, Khoryv and Lybid']];
* the labors of [[Saints Cyril and Methodius]] among the [[Slavic peoples]];{{sfn|Cross|Sherbowitz-Wetzor|1953|p=116}}{{npsn|date=May 2023}}
* the [[calling of the Varangians]];
* the murder of [[Askold and Dir]], by which [[Oleg the Wise]] conquered Kiev;
* the death of [[Oleg of Kiev|Oleg]] in 912, the "cause" of which was allegedly foreseen by him;
* the legendary vengeance taken by [[Olga of Kiev|Olga]], the wife of [[Igor of Kiev|Igor]], on the [[Drevlians]], who had murdered her husband;<ref>Hubbs, Joanna.  ''Mother Russia, The Feminine Myth in Russian Culture''.  Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 1988, p. 88</ref> (Her actions secured [[Kievan Rus']] from the Drevlians, preventing her from having to marry a Drevlian prince, and allowing her to act as regent until her young son came of age.){{cn|date=September 2022}}
* the [[Siege of Kiev (968)]] by the Pechenegs;
* the legendary [[Conversion of Vladimir the Great]];
* the [[Bolesław I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis|Kievan succession crisis]] after Vladimir's death, [[Yaroslav the Wise|Yaroslav]]'s rise to power, and the [[Battle of Listven]].

Women play a relatively minor role in the ''Primary Chronicle'', usually only as the unnamed wife or daughter of a named man.{{sfn|Raffensperger|2024|pp=20, 32}} There are very few women mentioned by their full personal (Christian) names in the PVL, including: Princess [[Olga of Kiev]], abbess [[Anna Vsevolodovna of Kiev|Ianka or Anna Vsevolodovna of Kiev]], her sister [[Eupraxia of Kiev|Eupraxia Vsevolodovna of Kiev]] (alias [[Holy Roman Empress]] Adelheid), [[Predslava Volodimerovna]], [[Predslava of Kiev|Predslava Sviatopolkovna of Kiev]], and Catherine (Katerina) Vsevolodovna (died 1108).{{sfn|Raffensperger|2024|pp=20, 32}}