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Ossetians

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The Ossetians (Alans) formed as a nation in the Caucasian region and are the result of mixing Sarmatians with the native North Caucasian (Ossetian) population. According to Y-haplogroup, Alans are the descendants of Native Ossetian-Caucasian population and According to MtDNA Alano-Ossetians are the
2320:. About 5,000–10,000 Ossetians emigrated to the Ottoman Empire, with their migration reaching peaks in 1860–61 and 1865. In Turkey, Ossetians settled in central Anatolia and set up clusters of villages around Sarıkamış and near Lake Van in eastern Anatolia. Ossetians have also settled in 1718:. Between 350 and 374 AD, the Huns destroyed the Alan kingdom and the Alan people were split in half. A few fled to the west, where they participated in the Barbarian Invasions of Rome, established short-lived kingdoms in Spain and North Africa and settled in many other places such as 2631:
descendants of Sarmatians. This is also suggested by their language, which has both North Caucasian and Iranian influence, therefore Ossetians-Alans are the Iranian speaking Caucasian people and their formation as an ethnic group happened between I-lV centuries.
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itself. The Sarmatians were the only branch of the Alans to keep their culture in the face of a Gothic invasion (c. 200 AD) and those who remained built a great kingdom between the Don and Volga Rivers, according to
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in Ossetian), the Ossetian folk religion, is also widespread among Ossetians, with ritual traditions like animal sacrifices, holy shrines, annual festivities, etc. There are temples, known as
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This practice was put into question by the new Ossetian nationalism in the early 1990s, when the dispute between the Ossetian subgroups of Digoron and Iron over the status of the
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Chaudhri, Anna (2003). "The Ossetic Oral Narrative Tradition: Fairy Tales in the Context of other Forms of Oral Literature". In Davidson, Hilda Ellis; Chaudhri, Anna (eds.).
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and the modern North Ossetia–Alania. At its height, Alania was a centralized monarchy with a strong military force and had a strong economy that benefited from the
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of Alanic-Ossetian origin. They, like the Iasi, thoroughly assimilated, and it is unclear what type of Ossetic dialect they used to speak before adopting the
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dialect group, which was once spoken across the Pontic–Caspian Steppe. The Ossetian language is not mutually intelligible with any other Iranian language.
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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
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in North Ossetia evolved into violent clashes that left several hundred dead and wounded and created a large tide of refugees on both sides of the border.
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confederation, to which the Ossetians traced their origin and to the inclusion of this name into the official republican title of North Ossetia in 1994.
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James Stuart Olson, Nicholas Charles Pappas. An Ethnohistorical dictionary of the Russian and Soviet empires. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994. p 522.
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The Ossetians are a people of Iranian descent in the Caucasus that uniquely occupy territories on both sides of the Caucasus Mountain chain.
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missionaries there. However, most of the missionaries chosen were churchmen from Eastern Orthodox communities living in Georgia, including
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20 September 1990 – The independent Republic of South Ossetia is formed. Though it remained unrecognized, it detached itself from Georgia
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missionaries in the beginning of the 10th century. By the 13th century, most of the urban population of Ossetia gradually became
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Since Ossetian speakers lacked any single inclusive name for themselves in their native language beyond the traditional
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According to this study, Ossetians are more related to Georgians (60–70%) than to most other Caucasian ethnic groups.
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The Ossetians are an East Iranian people, the Kalmyks and Buryats are Mongolian, and the Bashkirs are Turkic people.
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For most of Georgian history, those Ossetians (formerly Alanians, an Iranian people, remnants of the Scythians)...
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Les Sarmates amazones et lanciers cuirassés entre Oural et Danube (VIIe siècle av. J.-C. – VIe siècle apr. J.-C.)
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made Ossetian intellectuals search for a new inclusive ethnic name. This, combined with the effects of the
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Mountains, where they would form three ethnographical groups; the Iron, the Digoron and the Kudar. The
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Galiev, Anuar (2016). "Mythologization of History and the Invention of Tradition in Kazakhstan".
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Ronald Wixman. The peoples of the USSR: an ethnographic handbook. M.E. Sharpe, 1984. p 151
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In the 8th century, a consolidated Alan kingdom, referred to in sources of the period as
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According to a 2013 estimate, up to 15% of North Ossetia’s population practice Islam.
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Prior to the 10th century, Ossetians were strictly pagan, though they were partially
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are believed to be a potentially fourth group that migrated in the 13th century to
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was introduced shortly after, during the 1500s and 1600s, when the members of the
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Ossetian Northern Caucasia dress of the 18th century, Ramonov Vano (19th century)
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The Ossetians and Ossetia received their name from the Russians, who adopted the
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tribe in Western Ossetia, who themselves had been introduced to the religion by
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The total figure is merely an estimation; sum of all the referenced populations.
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Currently, the Ossetian homeland of Ossetia is politically divided between
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Today, the majority of Ossetians from both North and South Ossetia follow
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On Ruins of Empire: Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Former Soviet Union
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government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia
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The pagan Rekom shrine, said to be established in the late 14th century
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Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State
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Ossetian woman in traditional clothes, early years of the 20th century
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The Ossetians are a unique ethnic group of the Caucasus, speaking an
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subdivision, these terms came to be accepted by the Ossetians as an
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in the east and south form a larger group of Ossetians. They speak
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The vast majority of Ossetians live in Russia (according to the
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Religion in North Ossetia-Alania as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)
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of South Ossetia (abolished in 1990) and between Ossetians and
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The native beliefs of the Ossetian people are rooted in their
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Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy
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In more-recent history, the Ossetians participated in the
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contains an unencyclopedic or excessive gallery of images
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Fidiuæg – some kind of instrument made from a bull's horn
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invasions of the 1200s, the Alans migrated further into
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Ossetians use the following Instruments in their music:
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Saul, Norman E. (2015). "Russo-Georgian War (2008)".
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The Ossetians are an Iranian people of the Caucasus.
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in most villages. According to the research service
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sub-tribe, which in turn split off from the broader
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