[[Image:14 2 List of Radzivill Chron.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Tale of Bygone Years'' in [[Radzivill Chronicle]]]]

The '''''Primary Chronicle''''' ({{lang-cu|Пов{{Unicode|ѣ}}сть времяньныхъ л{{Unicode|ѣ}}тъ}}; {{lang-ru|Пóвесть временны́х лет}}, ''Povest' vremennykh let''; {{lang-uk|Пóвість врéм'яних літ}}, ''Povist' vrem'anykh lit''; {{lang-be|Апóвесць мíнулых часóў}} ''Apovests' minulikh chasoũ'' often translated into English as '''''Tale of Bygone Years'''''), or '''Russian Primary Chronicle''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9064486/The-Russian-Primary-Chronicle|title=The Russian Primary Chronicle|accessdate=2008-06-25|publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica}} see also; http://www.google.fi/books?q=%22kievan+russia%22&btnG=Search+Books&hl=en</ref> is a history of [[Kievan Rus']] from about 850 to 1110, originally compiled in [[Kiev]] about 1113.