Abstract
This article discusses the Russian Chronicles in the context of their use as a source of information on the toponymy of the Middle Volga region. A number of Russian chronicles for the area is given, their etymologies using chronicles as well as the data of peoples’ languages of the Volga region are considered.
Key words
Toponymy, Russian history chronicles, middle Volga region, etymology, Bryahimov, Isady, Homoly, Tsevza