Traditional Genealogical Formulas in the Historical Narrative of South- Western Russia in the 13th Century

<jats:p>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.</jats:p>