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North Ossetia-Alania
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Цӕгат Ирыстоны Аланийы
Ceверная Осетия–Алания |
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Цæгат Ирыстон - Цӕгат Ирыстоны Аланийы Республикӕ[1] |
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Северная Осетия Алания - Республика Северная Осетия–Алания[2]
Республика Северная Осетия — Алания (РСО-А, как правило, устной речи именуемая Се́верная Осе́тия) — республика в составе России, расположенная на Северном Кавказе.
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North Ossetia-Alania - Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (Russian: Респу́блика Се́верная Осе́тия–Ала́ния; Ossetic: Цӕгат Ирыстоны Аланийы Республикӕ) is a federal subject of ► Russia (a republic). The direct romanization of the Russian name of the republic is Căgat Irystony Alanijy Respublikă.. Its name in Ossetic transliterates as Căgat Irystony Alanijy Respublikă. It borders in the south with the ► Georgian separatist republic of ► South Ossetia and proper ► Georgia, as well with ► Kabardino-Balkaria, ► Ingushetia and ► Chechnya. |
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North Ossetia-Alania |
| Official name |
Republic of North Ossetia-Alania |
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Republic of ► Russia |
| Capital |
Дзæуджыхъæу[3] (Vladikavkaz)
Владикавказ[4] |
| Population |
710,275 inhabitants |
| Area |
8,000 km² |
| Major languages |
Ossetian, Russian |
| Major religions |
Russian Orthodoxy |
| More information |
North Ossetia-Alania, Geography of North Ossetia-Alania, History of North Ossetia-Alania and Politics of North Ossetia-Alania |
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North Ossetia-Alania - North Ossetia-Alania (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of North Ossetia-Alania |
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Map of North and South Ossetia |
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Location map of North Ossetia-Alania |
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Position map of North Ossetia to mark precise places like villages, mountains, etc. by their coordinates. |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day North Ossetia-Alania, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day North Ossetia-Alania.
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Scythia and Sarmatia in 100 BC |
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Distribution of speakers of Scytho-Sarmatian languages, c. 100 BCE. |
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Alans in ancient Sarmatia |
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Alan migrations, 4th - 5th century |
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Sassanid Persian Empire, 226-651 AD |
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Sassanid Persian Empire at its greatest extent. ca. 610 CE. |
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Sassanid Persian Empire |
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Sassanid Persian Empire |
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Alans in 650 AD |
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Alans within Khazaria in 750 AD |
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Alania in 900 AD |
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Alania in 1000 AD |
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Alania in 1060 AD |
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Borders of modern North Ossetia (Alania) and South Ossetia compared with borders of medieval Alania (10th-12th century) - according to Ossetian historian Ruslan Suleymanovich Bzarov. |
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Alania in 1120 AD |
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Alania in 1184-1230 AD |
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Mountain Soviet Republic in 1921 |
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North Ossetia within Soviet Union (1952-1991) |
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North Ossetia in 1956 |
Ethnic maps
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Ethnic map of North Ossetia within Caucasus |
Politics
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Map of United Ossetia |
Notes and references
General remarks:
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- ↑ Romanization: Căgat - Căgat Irystony Alanijy Respublikă.
- ↑ Romanization of Russian according to the BGN/PCGN standard: Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya - Respublika Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya. Another used romanization is the ISO 9 standard.
- ↑ Romanization: Dzăudzhykhbău.
- ↑ Romanization of Russian according to the BGN/PCGN standard: Vladikavkaz. Another used romanization is the ISO 9 standard.
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