Among the Sogdian fragments from Turfan preserved in the IOM collections
are a handful of epistolary texts. A new edition of these fragments is presented here as
part of the author’s ongoing project on Sogdian letters from Turfan.
On November 14‒16, 2024, the 2nd All-Russia conference of young orientalists “Army and military traditions of the Near East” will be held at the IOM RAS.