Tatyana Lvovna Shaumyan (born 11 January 1938) is a Soviet and Russian orientalist. She is the head of the Center for Indian Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include international relations in South and Central Asia and Far East in 20-21st century and India's foreign policy. She was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award of India, by the Government of India in 2022, for fostering India–Russia relations.
Early life.
Tatyana was born into the family of soviet scientist and journalist Lev Stepanovich Shaumyan. Her grandfather, Stepan Shaumyan, was one of the 26 Baku commissars. 
Career.
Tatyana graduated from the Department of History from Moscow State University. In the same year, she entered the Institute of Asian Peoples of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences). In 1966, she defended her PhD thesis in history titled "Russia and Tibet at the beginning of" "20th century". Since 2001, she is the head of the Center for Indian Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where she also serves as the head of the Contemporary Problems Sector.
She is a member of the editorial staff of the magazine "Asia and Africa Today".