The subject of the study is the definition of the sources of the articles of the Siberian chronicle code (beginning with its early edition – the Kniga Zapisnaya, or the Registry Book) dedicated to the emergence of the Kuznetsk and Yenisei stockade settlements. The purpose of the paper is to compare chronicle news in the context of the narrative of anonymous scribes about the resumption of the Russian urban planning in Siberia beginning with the enthronement of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. The main method of analysis is the comparison of the reports with each other as well as with documentary evidence. As a result, it appears that the creators of the code, in particular, the protograph of its early editions, turned to the replies of the Tobolsk, theh Kuznetsk, and the Yenissei administrators on the construction of new Russian stockades on the banks of the Tom and the Yenissei rivers in 1618– 1619. The field of application of observations concerning the origin of the articles of interest is the history of Siberian chronicle writing and the Russian colonization of Siberia in the first quarter of the 17th century. The conclusions are substantiated by the articles of the initial editions of the Siberian chronicle that are based on documentary sources. The testimony of the first Yenissei voivode Ya. I. Khripunov, the creator of the Kniga Zapisnaya, was omitted in later versions but apparently conveys memories that date back to the mid-17th century. During the editing and copying of the code, a number of inaccuracies occurred, but most of the information given in the annals can be considered rather reliable. The further history of the articles under consideration in many respects reflects the evolution of the Siberian literary tradition in the 17th century.