Evgeny Vasilyevich Anichkov (Russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Ани́чков, 14 January 1866, Borovichi, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire — 22 October 1937, Belgrade, Yugoslavia) was a Russian literary critic and historian who specialised in the Slavic folklore and mythology, as well as their relation to and use in the Russian literature. His 1905 book The Ritual Spring Song in the West and With the Slavic Peoples (Весенняя обрядовая песня на Западе и у славян) won him the Lomonosov Prize in 1907. His magnum opus Paganism and Ancient Rus (Язычество и Древняя Русь) came out in 1914. Anichkov's nume
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