The crater was named after German astronomer Palm Heinrich Ludwig von Boguslawski.

[1] By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Boguslawsky.

The Luna 25 lunar lander mission by Roscosmos was planned to land in the vicinity of crater Boguslawsky.

However, on August 19 communications were lost and it was reported to crash on the inner rim of Pontécoulant G crater.

[2] If successful, the mission would have sampled and studied the lunar regolith from the upper most layer of the subsurface and measured the content of dust, neutrals and plasma during the cycle of the lunar local time.