In the article the research is carried out into B.A.Rybakov's principal conclusions concerning the character and origins of chronicle records in Vladimir-Suzdal Russia in the closing quarter of the 12th - early 13th centuries. The author considers the scholar's reasoning and techniques of studying the book culture of the North-West of Russia and undertakes a critical analysis of his conclusions on the attribution of a number of records in Vladimir chronicles.
1. Rybakov B.A. «Slovo o polku Igoreve» i ego sovremenniki. M., 1971.
2. Rybakov B.A. Daniil Zatochnik i vladimirskoe letopisanie konca XII v. // Arheograficheskiy ezhegodnik za 1970 god. M., 1971.



