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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
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
Alans
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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
Ossetians
…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. They…
The migrations of the Alans during the 4th–5th centuries, from their homeland in the North Caucasus
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Orthodox church in North Ossetia-Alania