North Ossetia–Alania
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North Ossetia–Alania, officially the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. It borders the country of Georgia to the south, and the
Mount Kazbek
Seat of the Republic’s Government
River Fiagdon
Urukh River Valley
Ossetians
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The Ossetians also known as Ossetes, Ossets and Alans, are an Iranic ethnic group who are indigenous to Ossetia, a region situated across the northern and southern sides of the Caucasus Mountains. The
North Ossetia–Alania
…capital city is Vladikavkaz, located on the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains. The majority of the republic's population (68.1% as of 2021) are Ossetians, an Iranian ethnic group native to the republic and neighboring South Ossetia. Ossetian is an east Iranian language descended from the medieval Alanic…
Ossetian folk dancer in North Ossetia (Russia), 2010
Charnel vaults at a necropolis near the village of Dargavs, North Ossetia
Figurine of "Zadaleski Nana" ("the mother of Zadalesk"), also known as "mother of the Ossetes", who is said to have hid orphaned children in a cave during Timur's invasion in the late 14th century.
Possible depiction of an 11th-century Alan king, perhaps Durgulel, in the Senty church