Karpukhin A.A., Matskovskiy V.V.

Key words: dendrochronology, dendroclimatology, dendroscales, dendrodating, tree-ring chronology, annual rings.

The article presents the tree-ring chronology of the Sheksna and Sukhona river basins for the period from 1085 to 2009. It was based on the wood of living trees, architectural monuments and timbers from excavation at Kirillo-Belozersky monastery. There are sets of yearly growth of 109 samples in its structure. This is the first continuous and absolutely dated chronology of such duration on the European part of Russia which is tied to the modern age.