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Ossetian Muslims
Ossetian Muslims () are ethnic Ossetians who practice Islam and are native to the region of Ossetia in the North Caucasus. The majority of Ossetian Muslims today reside in Turkey, as well as the Western areas of North Ossetia, such as the Irafsky District, Irafsky, Kirovsky District, North Ossetia, Kirovsky, and Pravoberezhny District, North Ossetia, Pravoberezhny Districts and in Vladikavkaz, with minorities in the Alagirsky District, Alagirsky, Ardonsky District, Ardonsky, Mozdoksky District, Mozdoksky, as well as in Syria, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Stavropol Krai. The Ossetian Muslim community is made up of people from both the Digor people, Digor, and Iron people, Iron subgroups of Ossetians. History In Digoria Islam was first introduced amongst Ossetians in the 17th century when the local Digor people, Digor Ossetians converted to Islam under the influence of the neighbouring Kabardin people who professed Islam. Prior to the accession of Digoria to the Russian Empire in 1827, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossetian Language
Ossetian ( , , ), commonly referred to as Ossetic and rarely as Ossete, is an Eastern Iranian language that is spoken predominantly in Ossetia, a region situated on both sides of the Russian-Georgian border in the Greater Caucasus region. It is the native language of the Ossetian people, and a relative and possibly a descendant of the extinct Scythian, Sarmatian, and Alanic languages. The northern half of the Ossetian region is part of Russia and is known as North Ossetia–Alania, while the southern half is part of the '' de facto'' country of South Ossetia (recognized by the United Nations as Russian-occupied territory that is ''de jure'' part of Georgia). Ossetian-speakers number about 614,350, with 451,000 recorded in Russia per the 2010 Russian census. Despite Ossetian being the official languages of both North and South Ossetia, since 2009 UNESCO has listed Ossetian as "vulnerable". In the 2010 Russian census only 36% of North Ossetians claimed to be fluent i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
