Tubylevich, R. E. DREAM OF GOSTOMYSL IN MIKHAIL KARATEEV’S NOVEL THE CHARTER OF GREAT KHAN. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2024;46(4):93–99. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2024.1047


Russian literature and literature of the peoples of the Russian Federation

DREAM OF GOSTOMYSL IN MIKHAIL KARATEEV’S NOVEL THE CHARTER OF GREAT KHAN

Tubylevich
R. E. 		Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University
Keywords:
dream of Gostomysl
historical novel
Novgorod Joachim Chronicle
Old Russian literature
twenti- eth-century Russian literature
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