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Alexander Igorevich Asov (Russian:Александр Игоревич Асов,IPA:[ɐlʲɪˈksandrɪˈɡorʲɪvʲɪtɕˈasəf]; born 29 June 1964), aliasBus Kresen (Бус Кресень,IPA:[buskrʲesʲenʲ]), is an author of books inRussianpseudohistory (called "фолк-хистори" ("folk-history") in Russian publications), as well as novels and poems.[2][3] He is best known as translator and commenter of allegedly ancient Slavic texts, includingBook of Veles, widely recognized as forgeries.[4][5][6]
In 2012, a forum of severalrodnoveriye (Russian neopaganism) movements published a declaration, which described studies of A. Asov (along with some others) as detrimental to Russian neopaganism.[7][8]