The name of the legendary Russian scientist Fyodor Ivanovich Buslaev makes more than one generation of researchers turn again and again to the study of monuments of Russian antiquity and "hidden" samples of Russian literature. And it's not just that his authority in the scientific world is great, his ideas are alive and many attitudes are correct. Buslaev himself, despite the amazing versatility of subjects of study and fecundity in science, was a whole person. "His mind worked not in abstract schemes, but in a living synthesis; his interests did not fit under strictly delimited headings..." (Vinogradov P. In Memory of Buslaev // In Memory of Fyodor Ivanovich Buslaev. Moscow, 1898). F. I. Buslaev in his works repeatedly turned to the explanation of the demonic beginning, images and traditions of Russian and European cultures, where the miraculous, incomprehensible often became legendary, passed down from generation to generation as a real fact of life. There was such an episode in the life of F. I. Buslaev, when he was 27 years old. And evidence of this is the original note submitted at the request of F. I. Buslaev to the famous and popular Moscow fool and fortune-teller I. Ya. Koreisha in those years, and the latter's answer on a small piece of paper with a barely readable entry. These texts were found by us in RGALI (f. 69, op. 1, ed. chr. N 63 [2 l.]) and date back to 1845. Next, we offer our transcript, transmitted without changes, while preserving the author's spelling and punctuation.: Father Ivan Yakovlevich Bless Theodore and do not leave him in your holy prayers. Tell me if he will be safe. Will he get married soon Text by I. Y. Koreishi's hand in simple pencil, stylized Old Russian entry with elements of secret writing: page 90 1845 roca mca dekemreya XIV days pray to the Lord Yes in the infernal fields completely heal yourself And he won't get married soon. A belly pudet zdorovou student of education (...) (A few words follow. The recording is illegible. ... Читать далее