Medvevskaya I. N. The History of the Median Kingdom, 7th to 6th century BCE [История Мидийского царства: VII‒VI вв. до н. э.]. St. Petersburg: Evraziya, 2018. 322 p. ISBN 978-5-8071-0374-1
The book surveys the history of the Median kingdom, the first Iranian
state founded in the first half of the 7th century В.С. which continued to
550 В.С., when the Median throne passed to the Achaemenid dynasty.
The 3rd All-Russia Young Scholars Conference «The Ancient and Medieval Middle East» will take place on February 19, 2026 in Saint Petersburg. The conference program is now available.