At the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies the monograph by Dr Y.A.Ioannesyan, Afghan Tales from Gerat (Transcription, notes and translation into Russian of fairy tales in the Herati dialect of the Dari language) [Афганские сказки из Герата (Транскрибирование, комментарии и перевод на русский язык сказок на гератском диалекте языка дари)], will be discussed.