Description: The facial chronicle vault of the 16th century is a monumental monument of ancient Russian book art, in scale and breadth of coverage of historical events, as well as in the form of presentation of material that has no analogues in the world. On 10 thousand sheets with more than 17 thousand colorful miniatures - "windows to history" - the earliest historical and literary encyclopedia is presented The front vault has survived to the present day in 10 volumes located in different repositories: the Library of the Academy of Sciences and the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg and the State Historical Museum in Moscow. The company "ACTEON" together with the custodians for the first time carried out a scientific facsimile edition of the "Face Chronicle of the XVI century" . The proposed so-called "people's edition" is an addition to the scientific apparatus of the reference facsimile . It fully reproduces the miniatures and ancient Russian text of each sheet of manuscript. At the same time, transliteration and translation into modern Russian are given on the external field ..