At the Department of Ancient Eastern Studies, the monograph Aleksandr Pavlovich Riftin (1900-1945): An Autobiography and Letters. Ed. with an introduction, notes and appendices by Golda Kh. Kaplan [Александр Павлович Рифтин (1900—1945): автобиография и письма. Предисловие, публикация, примечания и приложения Г. Х. Каплан] will be discussed.