Written at the end of the 13th century or at the beginning of the 14th century, the Chronicle of Halych-Volhynia is the only surviving chronicle from the Rus' area. Textological research has shown that we can distinguish at least two ‘authors’ of this work. The aim of the lecture will be to demonstrate the knowledge of Byzantine writing traditions in the territory of western Rus and the question of what Chronicle of Halych-Volhynia was for its last editor.