North Ossetia-Alania facts for kids

The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (Russian: Респу́блика Се́верная Осе́тия–Ала́ния) is a small republic in the north of the Caucasus which is part of Russia.

In the Middle Ages it was called “Alania”. Since 1804 it has been under Russian control. When the Soviet Union was breaking up in the early 1990s there was a lot of nationalistic feeling in the area. Some Ossetian people wanted to call the country Alania again. In November 1994 the name of Alania was added to the republican title (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania).

A lot of people have come to North Ossetia as refugees because of the wars in neighbouring countries of Chechnya and South Ossetia.

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• North Caucasus

Images for kids

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  Mount Kazbek

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  Ossetian tribes (both North and South) according to B. A. Kaloev.

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  Urukh River Valley

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  Cableway in Tsey canyon.

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  Kurtat valley

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  M. Tuganov Art Museum in Vladikavkaz

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  North Ossetia State University

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  Life expectancy at birth in North Ossetia

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  Life expectancy with calculated differences

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  Life expectancy in North Ossetia in comparison with neighboring regions of the country

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  Transcaucasian Highway

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  Sculpture in honor of Uastyrdzhi Uastyrdzhi

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  Necropolis near settlement Dargavs

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  North Ossetian landscape

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  Mineral lake in the gorge of the river Ardon River

See also

In Spanish: Osetia del Norte-Alania para niños