The book is devoted to the urgent problem of the document in the text of culture in modern humanitarian science. The authors of the collection consider the peculiarities of the coexistence of the documentary principle with fiction in Slavic literature, art, and historical evidence. Compiled on the basis of materials from the international scientific conference of the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Document and "documentary" in Slavic cultures" (Moscow, 2016), the collection is intended for Slavists, as well as the general humanitarian community.