INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE IN THE VOLGOGRAD ORIENTAL STUDIES
The article is devoted to the study of Indian history and culture in Volgograd in the late 20<sup>t</sup><sup>h </sup>- early 21<sup>t</sup><sup>h </sup>century under the guidance of famous Russian orientalists Arkady Ya. Serebryany and Evgeny L. Besprozvannyh. The authors write about their organizational, scientific and pedagogical activity. Scientific works of Volgograd orientalists, who are pupils of Arkady Ya. Serebryany and Evgeny L. Besprozvannyh, are noted.