The first issue of "Textology of Russian Chronicles" presents for the first time in parallel reading the texts of the Tale of Bygone Years and the Kyiv Pechersk Chronicle until 1112 according to the lists of Ipatievsky, Lavrentievsky and Novgorod First Annals (Commission and Synodal), giving an idea of ​ ​ their interdependence, which allows us to use this publication both to study the annals of the second half of the 11th - beginning of the 12th centuries, and as a "standard" when working with texts of later annals. The second book, Textology of Russian Annals, is a continuation of the first issue of the study of Russian annals according to their oldest lists. The third issue of the Textology of Russian Chronicles contains texts of the Vladimir-Suzdal and Rostov chronicles from 1201 to 130607. according to the lists of Lavrentievsky, Simeonovsky, Ermolinsky and Moscow codes of the late 15th century, presented in parallel readings. The fourth issue of the "Textology of Russian Chronicles" presents in parallel reading the texts of the Novgorod First Chronicle (NPL) on the Synodal (ser. XIV century.) And Commission (ser. XV century.) lists.