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Alexander Asov

Alexander Igorevich Asov, alias Bus Kresen, is an author of books in Russian pseudohistory, as well as novels and poems. He is best known as translator and commenter of allegedly ancient Slavic texts, including Book of Veles, widely recognized as forgeries.

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Alexander Asov
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Alexander Igorevich Asov

(1964-06-29) June 29, 1964
Other nameBus Kresen1
OccupationWriter

Alexander Igorevich Asov (Russian: Александр Игоревич Асов, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɪˈɡorʲɪvʲɪtɕ ˈasəf]; born 29 June 1964), alias Bus Kresen (Бус Кресень, IPA: [bus krʲesʲenʲ]), is an author of books in Russian pseudohistory (called "фолк-хистори" ("folk-history") in Russian publications), as well as novels and poems.23 He is best known as translator and commenter of allegedly ancient Slavic texts, including Book of Veles, widely recognized as forgeries.456

In 2012, a forum of several rodnoveriye (Russian neopaganism) movements published a declaration, which described studies of A. Asov (along with some others) as detrimental to Russian neopaganism.78

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  1. "Творогов О.В. Влесова книга". knigavelesa.narod.ru. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. "О.В. Творогов. Что же такое "Влесова книга"?, Что думают ученые о". azbyka.ru (in Russian).
  3. "НЭБ - Национальная электронная библиотека". rusneb.ru - Национальная электронная библиотека.
  4. "Куда идут мастера фолк-хистори? " Archived 2011-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Novaya Gazeta, 10-06-28 (retrieved March 11, 2013)
  5. Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, "Russian Nationalism from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Imagining Russia", ISBN 0773476717, 2000, p. 239.
  6. Шнирельман, Виктор (15 May 2022). Русское родноверие. Неоязычество и национализм в современной России. Litres. ISBN 9785457733121. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  7. "Соглашение "О жрецах славянских" от 23 мая 2012 года", retrieved March 11, 2013
  8. Резников, Кирилл (5 September 2017). Русская история: мифы и факты. От рождения славян до покорения Сибири (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-457-55461-0.