Osip Maximovič Bodjanskij

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Osip Maximovič Bodjanskij (1808–1878) was a Slavist of the Russian Empire, of Czech ethnicity.

Bodjanskij was born in Little Russia, and studied in Moscow. He spent until the end of his 30s traveling in the Slavic countries on behalf of the Russian government, in order to study their languages, literature, and societies. Upon his return he became professor in Moscow, where he died in 1878.

His chief work was editing the Treatises of the Moscow Society for Russian History and Antiquities (1846–49 and 1858–78). Of his own works, notable are On the Folk Poetry of the Slavic Tribes (1837) and On the Time of Origin of the Slavic Script (1855).