Hermeneutics of Old Russian Literature Hermeneutics of Old Russian Literature 1607-6192 2713-2226 IWL RAS https://doi.org/10.22455/HORL.1607-6192-2025-24-430-438 Research Article Articles TRADITIONAL GENEALOGICAL FORMULAS IN THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF SOUTH-WESTERN RUSSIA IN THE 13TH CENTURY Pautkin Alexey A. old-rus@imli.ru 2025 24 430 438 Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 The article considers regional peculiarities of traditional annalistic formulas denoting kinship ties of princes. The southwestern historical narrative of the 13th century, preserved in the form of the Galicia-Volyn chronicle, demonstrates a general tendency: Roman Mstislavich is presented as the founder of an influential family. The analysis of the variants of genealogical formulas allows us to conclude that the later compiler, who worked with sources from various centres of chronicle writing, had a general idea to substantiate a certain dynastic concept. It is consistent with the aspiration to justify the political and ecclesiastical primacy of south-western Rus over the Vladimir- Suzdal lands. Within the framework of the corpus the differences of sources are partly levelled, which leads to the emergence of a peculiar cycle telling about the activities of numerous descendants of Roman Mstislavich. 1. Danilevskii, N. Drevniaia Rus’ glazami sovremennikov i potomkov (IX– XII vv.). [Old Russia through the Eyes of Contemporaries and Descendants (9th– 12th Centuries)]. Moscow, Aspekt Press Publ., 1999. 399 p. (In Russian) 2. Kotliar, F. “Ideino-politicheskoe kredo Galitsko-Volynskogo svoda” [“Ideological and Political Credo of the Halytsko-Volynsky Chronicle”]. Drevniaia Rus’. Voprosy medievistiki, no. 4 (22), 2005, pp. 5-13. (In Russian) 3. Kuskov, V. “Istoricheskoe analogii sobytii i geroev v ‘Slove o polku Igoreve’.” [“Historical Analogy of Events and Characters in ‘The Tale of Igor’s Campaign’.”]. “Slovo o polku Igoreve”. Kompleksnye issledovaniia. [“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign.” Comprehensive Studies]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1988. 440 p. (In Russian) 4. Litvina, F., and F.B. Uspenskii. Vybor imeni u russkikh kniazei v X–XVI vv. Dinasticheskaia istoriia skvoz’ prizmu antroponimiki [Choice of Name among Russian Princes in the 10th–16th Centuries. Dynastic History through the Prism of Anthroponymy]. Moscow, Indrik Publ., 2006. 904 p. (In Russian) 5. Maiorov, V. Rus’, Vizantiia i Zapadnaia Evropa: iz istorii vneshnepoliticheskikh i kul’turnykh sviazei XII–XIII vv. [Rus̕, Byzantium and Western Europe: from the History of Foreign Policy and Cultural Relations, 12th–13thCenturies]. St. Petersburg, Dmitrii Bulanin Publ., 2011. 801 p. (In Russian) 6. Priselkov, D. Istoriia russkogo letopisaniia XI–XV vv. [History of Russian Chronicle Writing, 11th–15th Centuries]. St. Petersburg, Dmitrii Bulanin Publ., 1996. 280 p. (In Russian)