Novgorod Fourth Chronicle

{{Short description|15th century Russian chronicle}}

The Novgorod Fourth Chronicle ({{langx|ru|Новгородская четвёртая летопись|translit=Novgorodskaya chetvertaya letopis'{{sfn|Dimnik|2004|p=256}}}}) is a Rus' chronicle of the 15th century.{{sfn|Dimnik|2004|p=256}} It is scholarly abbreviated as N4.{{sfn|Dimnik|2004|p=256}} It is traditionally called "Fourth" according to the order of the modern publication of Novgorod chronicles, rather than chronologically.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

Together with the Sofia First Chronicle, it is believed that it is derived from a common source. Russian philologist Aleksey Shakhmatov tentatively called it the Novgorodsko-Sofiysky Svod (Novgorod-Sofia Corpus) and initially dated it to 1448,{{sfn|Dimnik|2004|p=256}} but later revised his opinion to the 1430s.{{cn|date=March 2023}} Some Russian philologists shared his opinion, while others attribute the common source to the 1418 Corpus of Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow.{{cn|date=March 2023}}