The research included in this new edition covers a wide range of topics related to the artistic specificity of Old Russian literary works from the 11th to 17th centuries, problems of use and reception in 18th–19th century literature, the publication of newly discovered redactions, poetics, textual criticism, source studies, interpretation, and relationship between literary and historical-cultural contexts. The book reveals the characteristics of medieval artistic thinking, demonstrates hermeneutic methods for identifying hidden meanings, reconstructs the histories of the creation and use of works, and demonstrates how historical-cultural context influences the poetics and reading of works of various genres in the literature of Old Rus’. The materials are structured into sections and showcase both traditional and innovative approaches to the study of the literary heritage of Old Rus’. The book is primarily addressed to prepared readers — medievalists, university professors, graduate and undergraduate students in philology, historians, cultural studies, and art historians.