ORIGINS AND SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE TEXTS OF THE KULIKOVSKY CYCLE
The article explores the texts on the Battle of Kulikovo that comprise the so-called Kulikovsky Cycle. The pieces in question are chronicle stories (a short story in the Svod of 1408 and the Chronicle Story of the Battle of Kulikovo), the Story of the Bloody Battle of Mamai, and Zadonshchina. The author suggests a new outlook on the sequence of emergence of these texts, their special features and mutual relations.