Edited by Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences V.L. Yanin, the book is the first Russian translation of one of the largest Polish medieval chronicles, little known in Soviet historical literature. The chronicle is a valuable source on the history of Poland and Ancient Rus' of the 11th-13th centuries, a unique monument to the struggle of the Prussian, Lithuanian, Polish and Russian peoples for independence against the crusaders and Mongol-Tatar hordes - also contains important information about the events of the political life of Europe of that era. The publication is equipped with a preface and extensive comments. SUMMARY: Preface (5). Greater Poland Chronicle (51). Comments (203). List of abbreviations (251). Name index (252). Geographical index (258).