This volume is a continuation of the most authoritative publication of Russian oriental studies, the last volume of which, under the number XXV, was published back in 1921. The new series of this publication, organized to continue the interrupted tradition of the former ZVORAO, publishes the developments of Russian scientists and their colleagues from neighboring countries in the field of studying the antiquities of the East, including archeology, history, numismatics, philology, epigraphy and sphragistics, as well as cultural heritage.