2 issue is devoted to decryption and interpretation of the scripts of the Ancient Vostok. 3 issue contains 29 articles on the most important problems of the history of Mesopotamia, on the languages ​ ​ of Semitic, Sumerian, Hittite, Elamite, ancient Iranian, Urartian, on literature and ideology of the countries of the ancient Vostok. 4 issue is devoted mainly to ancient and partly medieval Iran, especially in its connections with Western Asia. The articles of the collection also touch upon unexplored problems of the history and culture of Central Asia and India.