The Materials for compiling the Book of Degrees in the Patriarshaja redaction of genea­logical book
The author compares The Book of Degrees (Russian historiography book of the 16 <sup>th</sup> century) and in­troductory entry to some copies of Patriarch version of genealogical book of the 17-18 <sup>th</sup> centuries. This intro­ductory entry is also called The Book of Degrees', the entry dates back to the time of Ivan the Tenible. Com­paring the text of the introductory entry and The Book of Degrees one can note both common features and absence of textual adoptions. We believe that some materials which were gathered in the fifties of 16 <sup>th</sup> century for composition of The Book of Degrees survived in the Patriarch version of genealogical book.