Tale of Bygone Years

E357258

East Slavic chronicle historical source literary work medieval chronicle primary source

Tale of Bygone Years is a foundational medieval East Slavic chronicle that narrates the early history, legends, and Christianization of the Kievan Rus'.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Tale of Years	2
Tale of Bygone Years canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3439567 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tale of Bygone Years
Context triple: [Rus' chronicles, includesWork, Tale of Bygone Years]

A. The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
B. Three Tales
Three Tales is a collection of three short stories by Gustave Flaubert that exemplify his precise realist style and exploration of human psychology and faith.
C. La Edad de Oro
La Edad de Oro is a 19th-century Spanish-language magazine and collection of stories and essays for children written by José Martí, aimed at educating and inspiring young Latin Americans.
D. La Légende des siècles
La Légende des siècles is a monumental cycle of narrative poems by Victor Hugo that traces the moral and spiritual evolution of humanity across history and myth.
E. Books of Kings
The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tale of Bygone Years
Target entity description: Tale of Bygone Years is a foundational medieval East Slavic chronicle that narrates the early history, legends, and Christianization of the Kievan Rus'.

A. The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
B. Three Tales
Three Tales is a collection of three short stories by Gustave Flaubert that exemplify his precise realist style and exploration of human psychology and faith.
C. La Edad de Oro
La Edad de Oro is a 19th-century Spanish-language magazine and collection of stories and essays for children written by José Martí, aimed at educating and inspiring young Latin Americans.
D. La Légende des siècles
La Légende des siècles is a monumental cycle of narrative poems by Victor Hugo that traces the moral and spiritual evolution of humanity across history and myth.
E. Books of Kings
The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	East Slavic chronicle ⓘ historical source ⓘ literary work ⓘ medieval chronicle ⓘ primary source ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 1110 ⓘ c. 1113 ⓘ
associatedWith	Kiev Pechersk Lavra ⓘ linked to: Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
attributedTo	Nestor the Chronicler ⓘ
authorRole	monk ⓘ
compiledIn	Kiev ⓘ linked to: Kyiv
containsAccountOf	Byzantine–Rus' relations ⓘ linked to: Rus'–Byzantine Wars Oleg of Novgorod ⓘ Prince Vladimir the Great ⓘ linked to: Vladimir the Great Rurik ⓘ Varangians ⓘ baptism of Rus' ⓘ foundation of Kiev ⓘ steppe nomads ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kievan Rus' ⓘ linked to: Kyivan Rus
coversPeriodEnd	early 12th century ⓘ
coversPeriodStart	Noah's descendants ⓘ biblical times ⓘ
dateWritten	early 12th century ⓘ
genre	chronicle ⓘ historiography ⓘ medieval literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Povest vremennykh let ⓘ Primary Chronicle ⓘ linked to: Rus' chronicles Russian Primary Chronicle ⓘ linked to: Rus' chronicles Повесть временных лет ⓘ linked to: Rus' chronicles
historicalImportance	foundational source for East Slavic history ⓘ key source for early Belarusian history ⓘ key source for early Russian history ⓘ key source for early Ukrainian history ⓘ
language	Church Slavonic ⓘ Old East Slavic ⓘ
literaryFeature	Christian moral interpretation of events ⓘ annalistic structure ⓘ blend of legend and history ⓘ
mainSubject	Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ East Slavic legends ⓘ history of Kievan Rus' ⓘ origins of the Rus' ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Kievan Rus' ⓘ linked to: Kyivan Rus
preservedIn	Hypatian Codex ⓘ linked to: Codex Zographensis Laurentian Codex ⓘ
religiousContext	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religiousTheme	Christianization ⓘ divine providence in history ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rus' chronicles → includesWork → Tale of Bygone Years ⓘ

Appendix B → fullTitle → The Tale of Years ⓘ

subject linked to: The Lord of the Rings appendices

linked to: Tale of Bygone Years

Destruction of Dol Guldur → describedIn → The Tale of Years ⓘ