Akty, otnosiashchiesia k istorii Zapadnoi Rossii

Akty, otnosiashchiesia k istorii Zapadnoi Rossii (Акты, относящиеся к истории Западной России; Documents on the History of Western Russia). A collection of documents on the history of Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and, partly, Muscovy for the period 1340–1699 but mostly for the 16th to 17th century that was collected and published by the Archeographic Commission in Saint Petersburg in 5 volumes (1846–53). The materials were selected from Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Lithuanian archives and libraries and were transferred to Russia. I. Grigorovich was the editor of the first four volumes.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 1 (1984).]