This volume of the Khazar Almanac yearbook contains materials dedicated to the anniversaries of T.M. Kalinina, V.S. Flerova, P.B. Golden and S.A. Pletneva. The articles published in the collection correspond to the scientific interests of the anniversaries. Here are publications on the history of Judaism in Eastern Europe, Saltov archeology, Arabic source study, Turkology, Byzantology. In a separate section, articles are highlighted regarding the discussion regarding the etymologization of specific personal names, titles, ethnonyms and geographical names that are found in Khazar-Jewish documents. The volume is completed by materials dedicated to the memory of the deputy editor-in-chief of the Khazar Almanac - A.A. Tortiki.