Historical narration topic of Volynian Monomakhovich's Chronicle

This study examines functions of some universal topoi of historical narration in the genre structure of Volynian Monomakhovich’s Chronicle, which brings together the genre of the document and the type of dynastic histories; author analyzes the ways of implementation of the translatio imperii idea in the narrative devoted to Vladimir Vasilkovitch ruling; also author specifies textual boundaries of given document within Hypatian codex.