The Darial Gorge is a river gorge on the border between Russia and Georgia. It is at the east base of Mount Kazbek, south of present-day Vladikavkaz. The gorge was carved by the river Terek, and is ap
Darial Gorge near Georgia–Russia border.
The pass in Luigi Villari's book Fire and Sword in the Caucasus (1906).
Georgian Orthodox Church of the Archangel in the Dariali Gorge near border with Russia.
The Alans were an ancient and medieval Iranic nomadic pastoral people who migrated to what is today the North Caucasus; some continued on to Europe and later North Africa. They are generally regarded
Darial Gorge
…ft) tall in some places. The Georgian Military Road runs through the gorge. The name Darial originates from Dar-i Alān (در الان) meaning "Gate of the Alans" in Persian. The Alans held the lands north of the pass in the first centuries AD. It was fortified in ancient times both by the Romans and Persians…
The migrations of the Alans during the 4th–5th centuries, from their homeland in the North Caucasus
Orthodox church in North Ossetia-Alania