List of Russian Cities, Far and Near
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The List of Russian cities, far and near[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] is a commonly accepted tentative title for the 14th-15th century appendix found in several manuscripts, including the Commission Scroll of the Novgorod First Chronicle (1440s), Voskresenskaia Chronicle [ru], and Ermolinskaia Chronicle [ru], usually prefaced with the phrase «А се имена всем градом рускым далним и ближним» ("And these are the names of all Russian cities, far and near"). It is the earliest known historical work covering the settlements of the East Slavic people, and is thus given much historical significance.[2] While the original protograph has not been preserved, the earliest known edition is written in the Novgorod First Chronicle from the 15th century, and was later rediscovered by Russian-German historian Gerhard Friedrich Müller in the early 1760s.[3]