According to the memories of the participants, the group "Chronicle " appeared in 1977, thanks to the initiative of Boris Koshelokhov. As his "teacher" Clever (Valery Cleverov), Koshelokhov gathered around him a group of "disciples" that continued the group's activities after his departure to Italy in 1978. During 1978–1981 "the chroniclers" actively participated in apartment, street, outgoing exhibitions, as well as the official shows. According to E. Figurina, "Chronicle" ceased to existence in 1981 when the formation of a larger society (AEFA) absorbed separate groups, including "Alipiy" and "Inaki". According to B. Koshelokhov, "Chronicle" lost its internal cohesion in 1978 and continued to exist only formally.

The work of the group is interested because of the preservation and development of principles of gazanevsky's non-conformism, defending the idea of freedom in art. In contrast to the "Alipio", where the participants had a professional art education, "Chronicle" united self-taught people feeling a great wish for painting. Lack of education has played an important role in their development, because they were free from the canons of figurative language and aesthetic schemes. B. Koshelokhov’s postulate "we paint soul on anything and by any means" was seen as the most adequate expression of the principle of non-conformist art and allowed to experiment with ways of expression. Sincere expression through a direct splash on the canvas of what the artist was going through and by what he was tortured united "Chronicle" art with a tradition of the expressionism. Years later, after being in Holland, B. Koshelokhov enthusiastically bought books about European movement "Cobra" which is close to neo-expressionism.