Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, July 21, 2010: Indologist Viktoria Lyssenko of the Russian Academy of Sciences, recently lecturing at Kashmir University, related that Indic Studies in Russia are flourishing.
Thanks to the initiatives of Prof Marietta Stepanyants, the author of the first textbook on Eastern philosophies, and the Indian embassy in Moscow, a unique chair of Indian Philosophy named after Mahatma Gandhi has been established at the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences. Sanskrit and courses on various branches of Indian philosophical traditions are taught. Last year, the first specialized encyclopedia of Indian philosophy, prepared by Russian Indologists, was published and the State Commission declared it the best book of the year 2009.