On June 22, 2016, the PhD Dissertation by Diana Kiknadze 'Uji Shui Monogatari' as a Historical Source of Spiritual Culture of Japan of Heian Period (794-1185) ["Удзи сюи моногатари‟ как источник по духовной культуре Японии эпохи Хэйан (794—1185)], was successfully defended.

The PhD Dissertation supervisor - Dr. K.G. Maranjian, IOM RAS.

The official opponents - Prof., Dr. E.K. Simonova-Gudzenko, Moscow State University. and Dr. A.Yu. Sinitsin, The Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, RAS.

The neutral organization - Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The PhD dissertation, its synopsis and all the reviews are available in Russian on the Russian version of the IOM web-site.