The collection is dedicated to the largest Russian philologist of the XIX century. academician Alexander Nikolaevich Veselovsky (1838-1906), whose extensive and diverse heritage still retains its scientific value and relevance. The articles included in the collection described the scientist's activities in various fields of humanitarian knowledge (folk art, Russian literature, Italian Renaissance, culture of Slavic countries, historical poetics, etc.), highlighted his role in the formation of domestic and world science, outlined ways to further develop some of his ideas and ideas.