The chronicle of interest to A.D. Chertkov is a poetic chronicle of a Byzantine writer of the XII century, translated in the XIV century. in Bulgaria for Tsar Ivan Alexander. Not later than the beginning of the XVII century. she came to Russia and played a significant role in the history of Old Russian literature. In addition to the fact that Russian chroniclers widely used the information contained in the Chronicle..., the old Russian historical narrative was also strongly influenced by the image system and style of the Byzantine writer.