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<span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pre-history_(Early_Alans)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pre-history_(Early_Alans)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Pre-history (Early <i>Alans</i>)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pre-history_(Early_Alans)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Middle_Ages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Middle_Ages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Middle Ages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Middle_Ages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Modern_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Modern_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Modern history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Modern_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Language" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Language"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Genetics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Genetics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Genetics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Gallery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseti%C3%ABrs" title="Ossetiërs – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Ossetiërs" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86" title="أوسيتيون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أوسيتيون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetas" title="Osetas – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Osetas" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%8C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB" title="Гьириял – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Гьириял" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetinl%C9%99r" title="Osetinlər – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Osetinlər" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%B1" title="اوستین‌لر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اوستین‌لر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="ওসেটীয় জাতি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ওসেটীয় জাতি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Асеціны – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Асеціны" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Асэтыны – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Асэтыны" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Осетинци – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Осетинци" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetes" title="Ossetes – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ossetes" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC" title="Осетинсем – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Осетинсем" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseti" title="Oseti – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Oseti" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetiaid" title="Osetiaid – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Osetiaid" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetere" title="Ossetere – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ossetere" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseten" title="Osseten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Osseten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseedid" title="Osseedid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Osseedid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%83%CF%83%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B9" title="Οσσέτιοι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Οσσέτιοι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetios" title="Osetios – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Osetios" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetoj" title="Osetoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Osetoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetiar" title="Osetiar – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Osetiar" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B3%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7" title="آسی‌ها – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آسی‌ها" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oss%C3%A8tes" title="Ossètes – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ossètes" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ois%C3%A9ataigh" title="Oiséataigh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Oiséataigh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pobo_oseto" title="Pobo oseto – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Pobo oseto" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D3%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="ХӀирий – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="ХӀирий" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%84%B8%ED%8A%B8%EC%9D%B8" title="오세트인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="오세트인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%95%D5%BD%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Օսեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Օսեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseti" title="Oseti – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Oseti" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseti" title="Oseti – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Oseti" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orang_Ossetia" title="Orang Ossetia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Orang Ossetia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D0%B4%C3%A6%D0%BC" title="Ирон адæм – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ирон адæм" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseti" title="Osseti – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Osseti" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" 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data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Осети – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Осети" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%94setiana_(vahoaka)" title="Ôsetiana (vahoaka) – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Ôsetiana (vahoaka)" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="ოსეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ოსეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%8F%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Осети ястан – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Осети ястан" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseten" title="Osseten – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Osseten" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%BB%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E4%BA%BA" title="オセット人 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="オセット人" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D3%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="ХӀирий – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="ХӀирий" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetinlar" title="Osetinlar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Osetinlar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseten" title="Osseten – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Osseten" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetyjczycy" title="Osetyjczycy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Osetyjczycy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetas" title="Ossetas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ossetas" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Осетины – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Осетины" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oset%C3%ABt" title="Osetët – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Osetët" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseti" title="Oseti – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Oseti" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C%DB%8C%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ئۆسیتییەکان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئۆسیتییەکان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Осети – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Осети" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseti" title="Oseti – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Oseti" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseetit" title="Osseetit – Finnish" 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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Iranian ethnic group of the Caucasus</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Ethnic group</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/220px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/330px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/440px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Ossetia" title="Flag of Ossetia">Flag of Ossetia</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Caucasian_dancer_Alexander_Dzusov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Caucasian_dancer_Alexander_Dzusov.jpg/220px-Caucasian_dancer_Alexander_Dzusov.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Caucasian_dancer_Alexander_Dzusov.jpg/330px-Caucasian_dancer_Alexander_Dzusov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Caucasian_dancer_Alexander_Dzusov.jpg/440px-Caucasian_dancer_Alexander_Dzusov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="926" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ossetian folk dancer in <a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia%E2%80%93Alania" title="North Ossetia–Alania">North Ossetia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>), 2010</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Total population</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> <b>700,000</b><sup class="noprint Inline-Template 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(December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Regions with significant populations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Russia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">558,515<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">(<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia%E2%80%93Alania" title="North Ossetia–Alania">North Ossetia–Alania</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>480,310</i><sup id="cite_ref-Russian_census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian_census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><i><span data-sort-value="South Ossetia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a></span></i></th><td class="infobox-data">51,000<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Georgia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></span><br />(excluding <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Administration_of_South_Ossetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Provisional Administration of South Ossetia">South Ossetia P.A.</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">14,385<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Syria"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">58,700<sup id="cite_ref-Oss_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oss-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Turkey"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">20,000–50,000<sup id="cite_ref-lit.lib.ru_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lit.lib.ru-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Tajikistan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">7,861<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Uzbekistan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">5,823<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Ukraine"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">4,830<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Kazakhstan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">4,308<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Turkmenistan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">2,066<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Azerbaijan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">1,170<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Kyrgyzstan"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">758<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Belarus"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">554<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Moldova"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">403<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Armenia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">331<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Latvia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">285<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Lithuania"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">119<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Estonia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">116<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Majority:</b> <br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OrthodoxCrossblack.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/OrthodoxCrossblack.svg/15px-OrthodoxCrossblack.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/OrthodoxCrossblack.svg/23px-OrthodoxCrossblack.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/OrthodoxCrossblack.svg/30px-OrthodoxCrossblack.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="142" data-file-height="211" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Eastern Orthodoxy</a> (70–85%)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><b>Minority:</b> <br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (15–30%)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Assianism_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Assianism_symbol.svg/15px-Assianism_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Assianism_symbol.svg/23px-Assianism_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Assianism_symbol.svg/30px-Assianism_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="420" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Assianism" title="Assianism">Uatsdin</a> <br /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Related ethnic groups</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">other <a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian peoples</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0.5em;text-align:left;"><hr />a. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_en"><b><a href="#ref_en">^</a></b></span> The total figure is merely an estimation; sum of all the referenced populations.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ossetians</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">oss-<span style="font-size:90%">EE</span>-shənz</i></a> or <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">oss-<span style="font-size:90%">ET</span>-ee-ənz</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetic</a>: <span lang="os">ир, ирæттæ / дигорӕ, дигорӕнттӕ</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Iron_people" title="Iron people">ir, irættæ</a> / <a href="/wiki/Digor_people" title="Digor people">digoræ, digorænttæ</a></i></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also known as <b>Ossetes</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">OSS</span>-eets</i></a>),<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Ossets</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">OSS</span>-its</i></a>),<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <b><a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alans</a></b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">AL</span>-ənz</i></a>), are an <a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">ethnic group</a> who are indigenous to <a href="/wiki/Ossetia" title="Ossetia">Ossetia</a>, a region situated across the northern and southern sides of the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Mountains" title="Caucasus Mountains">Caucasus Mountains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They natively speak <a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetic</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Iranian_languages" title="Eastern Iranian languages">Eastern Iranian language</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indo-European_languages" title="Indo-European languages">Indo-European language family</a>, with most also being fluent in <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> as a second language. </p><p>Currently, the Ossetian homeland of Ossetia is politically divided between <a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia%E2%80%93Alania" title="North Ossetia–Alania">North Ossetia–Alania</a> in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> country of <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a> (recognized by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> as <a href="/wiki/Occupied_territories_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupied territories of Georgia">Russian-occupied territory</a> that is <i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i> part of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>). Their closest historical and linguistic relatives, the <a href="/wiki/Jasz_people" title="Jasz people">Jász people</a>, live in the <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1szs%C3%A1g" title="Jászság">Jászság region</a> within the northwestern part of the <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1sz-Nagykun-Szolnok_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County">Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>. A third group descended from the medieval <a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alans</a> are the <a href="/wiki/Asud" title="Asud">Asud</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a>. Both the Jász and the Asud have long been assimilated; only the Ossetians have preserved a form of the Alanic language and Alanian identity.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The majority of Ossetians are <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Christians</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-encarta2008_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta2008-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with sizable minorities professing the Ossetian <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_religion" title="Ethnic religion">ethnic religion</a> of <a href="/wiki/Assianism" title="Assianism">Uatsdin</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ossetians and Ossetia received their name from the Russians, who adopted the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a> designation <span title="Georgian-language text"><i lang="ka-Latn">Oseti</i></span> (<span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka">ოსეთი</span></span> – note the personal pronoun), which means 'the land of the Osi'. <span title="Georgian-language text"><i lang="ka-Latn">Osi</i></span> (<span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka">ოსი</span></span>, <abbr title="plural">pl.</abbr> <span title="Georgian-language text"><i lang="ka-Latn">Osebi</i></span>, <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka">ოსები</span></span>) has been used in Georgian since the Middle Ages to refer to the sole <a href="/wiki/Iranian_languages" title="Iranian languages">Iranian</a>-speaking population of the Central Caucasus and is probably based on the old <a href="/wiki/Sarmatians" title="Sarmatians">Sarmatian</a> self-designation <i>As</i> (pronounced <i>Az</i>) or <i>Iasi</i> (pronounced <i>Yazi</i>), cognate with <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a> <span title="Hungarian-language text"><i lang="hu">Jasz</i></span>, both derived from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Iazyges" title="Iazyges">Iazyges</a></i></span>, which is a latinization of a <a href="/wiki/Sarmatians" title="Sarmatians">Sarmatian</a> tribal name of the <a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alans</a> called *<i>Yazig</i>, from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Iranian_language" title="Proto-Iranian language">Proto-Iranian</a> <i>*</i><span title="Iranian languages collective text"><i lang="ira-Latn">Yaz</i></span>, meaning 'those who sacrifice', perhaps referring to a tribe associated with ritual sacrifice, although the broader Sarmatians apparently called themselves "Ariitai" or "Aryan", preserved in modern Ossetic <span title="Ossetian-language text"><i lang="os-Latn">Irættæ</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (June 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since Ossetian speakers lacked any single inclusive name for themselves in their native language beyond the traditional <a href="/wiki/Iron_people" title="Iron people">Iron</a>–<a href="/wiki/Digor_people" title="Digor people">Digoron</a> subdivision, these terms came to be accepted by the Ossetians as an <a href="/wiki/Endonym" class="mw-redirect" title="Endonym">endonym</a> even before their integration into the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shnirelman_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shnirelman-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Digor_Ossetian" title="Digor Ossetian">Digor dialect</a> made Ossetian intellectuals search for a new inclusive ethnic name. This, combined with the effects of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian%E2%80%93Ossetian_conflict" title="Georgian–Ossetian conflict">Georgian–Ossetian conflict</a>, led to the popularization of <i><a href="/wiki/Alania" title="Alania">Alania</a></i>, the name of the medieval <a href="/wiki/Sarmatians" title="Sarmatians">Sarmatian</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-Shnirelman_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shnirelman-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The root <i>os/as</i>- probably stems from an earlier *<i>ows</i>/<i>aws</i>-. This is suggested by the archaic Georgian root <i>ovs</i>- (cf. <i>Ovsi</i>, <i>Ovseti</i>), documented in the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Georgian_Chronicles" title="The Georgian Chronicles">Georgian Chronicles</a></i>; the long length of the initial vowel or the <a href="/wiki/Gemination" title="Gemination">gemination</a> of the consonant <i>s</i> in some forms (<a href="/wiki/New_Persian" title="New Persian">NPers</a>. <i>Ās</i>, <i>Āṣ</i>; <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Lat</a>. <i>Aas</i>, <i>Assi</i>); and by the Armenian ethnic name *<i>Awsowrk'</i> (<i>Ōsur</i>-), probably derived from a cognate preserved in the <a href="/wiki/Jassic_dialect" title="Jassic dialect">Jassic</a> term <i>*Jaszok</i>, referring to the branch of the Iazyges Alanic tribe dwelling near modern Georgia by the time of <a href="/wiki/Anania_Shirakatsi" title="Anania Shirakatsi">Anania Shirakatsi</a> (7th century AD).<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subgroups">Subgroups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Subgroups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ossetian_tribes.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Ossetian_tribes.png/250px-Ossetian_tribes.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="455" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Ossetian_tribes.png/375px-Ossetian_tribes.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Ossetian_tribes.png 2x" data-file-width="494" data-file-height="899" /></a><figcaption>Ossetian tribes (according to B. A. Kaloev).<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iron_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron (people)">Iron</a> in the east and south form a larger group of Ossetians. They speak <a href="/wiki/Iron_Ossetian" title="Iron Ossetian">Iron dialect</a>. Irons are divided into several subgroups: Alagirs, Kurtats, Tagaurs, <a href="/wiki/Kudar" title="Kudar">Kudar</a>, Tual, Urstual and Chsan. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kudar" title="Kudar">Kudar</a> are the southern group of Ossetians.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dvals" title="Dvals">Tual</a> are in the central part of Ossetia.</li> <li>Ksan are in the east of South Ossetia.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digor_people" title="Digor people">Digor people</a> in the west. Digors live in <a href="/wiki/Digorsky_District" title="Digorsky District">Digora district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irafsky_District" title="Irafsky District">Iraf district</a> and some settlements in <a href="/wiki/Kabardino-Balkaria" title="Kabardino-Balkaria">Kabardino-Balkaria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mozdoksky_District" title="Mozdoksky District">Mozdok district</a>. They speak <a href="/wiki/Digor_Ossetian" title="Digor Ossetian">Digor dialect</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasz_people" title="Jasz people">Iasi</a>, who settled in the <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1szs%C3%A1g" title="Jászság">Jászság</a> region in <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> during the 13th century. They spoke the extinct <a href="/wiki/Jassic_dialect" title="Jassic dialect">Jassic dialect</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asud" title="Asud">Asud</a>, a nomadic clan from <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a> of Alanic-Ossetian origin. 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ossetian_mythology" title="Ossetian mythology">Ossetian mythology</a></div> <p>The native beliefs of the Ossetian people are rooted in their <a href="/wiki/Sarmatians" title="Sarmatians">Sarmatian</a> origin, which have been <a href="/wiki/Syncretism" title="Syncretism">syncretized</a> with a local variant of <a href="/wiki/Folk_Orthodoxy" title="Folk Orthodoxy">Folk Orthodoxy</a>, in which some pagan gods have been converted into Christian saints.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Nart_saga" title="Nart saga">Narts</a>, the Daredzant, and the Tsartsiat, serve as the basic literature of folk mythology in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ossetian_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Ossetian music">Ossetian music</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Genres">Genres</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Genres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ossetian folk songs are divided into 10 unique <a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">genres</a>: </p> <ul><li>Historic songs</li> <li>War songs</li> <li>Heroic songs</li> <li>Work songs</li> <li>Wedding songs</li> <li>Drinking songs</li> <li>Humorous songs</li> <li>Dance songs</li> <li>Romantic songs</li> <li>Lyrical songs</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Instruments">Instruments</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Instruments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ossetians use the following Instruments in their music: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/String_(music)" title="String (music)">String Instruments:</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Plucked_string_instrument" title="Plucked string instrument">Plucked strings:</a> <ul><li><i>Dyuuadæstænon</i> – a twelve-stringed <a href="/wiki/Harp" title="Harp">Harp</a></li> <li><i>Fændyr</i> – a Harp with two or three plucked strings</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowed_string_instrument" title="Bowed string instrument">Bowed strings</a> <ul><li><i>Hysyn</i> – two or three string <a href="/wiki/Fiddle" title="Fiddle">Fiddle</a></li> <li><i>Hyyrnæg</i> – is a double-bridged instrument, a kind of <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">Cello</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_instrument" title="Wind instrument">Wind instruments</a> <ul><li><i>Uadyndz</i> – <a href="/wiki/Flute" title="Flute">Flute</a></li> <li>Khyozyn – <a href="/wiki/Reed_flute" class="mw-redirect" title="Reed flute">Reed Flute</a></li> <li>Lalym – <a href="/wiki/Bagpipes" title="Bagpipes">Bagpipes</a></li> <li>Udaevdz – <a href="/wiki/Double_flute" title="Double flute">Double-reeds</a></li> <li>Fidiuæg – some kind of instrument made from a bull's horn</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percussion_instrument" title="Percussion instrument">Percussion instruments</a> <ul><li>Kartsgænæg – <a href="/wiki/Rattle_(percussion_instrument)" title="Rattle (percussion instrument)">Rattles</a></li> <li>Gymsæg – <a href="/wiki/Drum" title="Drum">Drum</a></li> <li>Dala – <a href="/wiki/Tambourine" title="Tambourine">Tambourine</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:In_Dargavs_North_Ossetia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/In_Dargavs_North_Ossetia.jpg/200px-In_Dargavs_North_Ossetia.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/In_Dargavs_North_Ossetia.jpg/300px-In_Dargavs_North_Ossetia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/In_Dargavs_North_Ossetia.jpg/400px-In_Dargavs_North_Ossetia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="675" /></a><figcaption>Charnel vaults at a <a href="/wiki/Necropolis" title="Necropolis">necropolis</a> near the village of Dargavs, <a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia" class="mw-redirect" title="North Ossetia">North Ossetia</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-history_(Early_Alans)"><span id="Pre-history_.28Early_Alans.29"></span>Pre-history (Early <i>Alans</i>)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pre-history (Early Alans)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alans</a></div> <p>The Ossetians descend from the <a href="/wiki/Iazyges" title="Iazyges">Iazyges</a> tribe of the <a href="/wiki/Sarmatians" title="Sarmatians">Sarmatians</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alanic</a> sub-tribe, which in turn split off from the broader <a href="/wiki/Scythian" class="mw-redirect" title="Scythian">Scythians</a> itself.<sup id="cite_ref-encarta2008_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta2008-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Carleton_S._Coon" title="Carleton S. Coon">Coon</a>, <i>The Races of Europe</i>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Orléans">Orléans, France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i" title="Iași">Iași, Romania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alenquer,_Portugal" title="Alenquer, Portugal">Alenquer, Portugal</a> and <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1szber%C3%A9ny" title="Jászberény">Jászberény, Hungary</a>. The other Alans fled to the south and settled in the Caucasus, where they established their medieval kingdom of Alania.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_Ages">Middle Ages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Middle Ages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alania" title="Alania">Alania</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_07.jpg/200px-%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_07.jpg/300px-%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_07.jpg/400px-%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2470" data-file-height="3368" /></a><figcaption>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 <a href="/wiki/Tamerlane" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamerlane">Tamerlane</a>'s invasion in the late 14th century</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 8th century, a consolidated Alan kingdom, referred to in sources of the period as <a href="/wiki/Alania" title="Alania">Alania</a>, emerged in the northern Caucasus Mountains, roughly in the location of the latter-day <a href="/wiki/Circassia" title="Circassia">Circassia</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a>. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Mongols" title="Mongols">Mongol</a> invasions of the 1200s, the Alans migrated further into <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> Mountains, where they would form three ethnographical groups; the Iron, the Digoron and the Kudar. The <a href="/wiki/Jassic_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Jassic people">Jassic people</a> are believed to be a potentially fourth group that migrated in the 13th century to <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_history">Modern history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Modern history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Khetagurov_Kosta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Khetagurov_Kosta.jpg/220px-Khetagurov_Kosta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Khetagurov_Kosta.jpg/330px-Khetagurov_Kosta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Khetagurov_Kosta.jpg/440px-Khetagurov_Kosta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kosta_Khetagurov" title="Kosta Khetagurov">Kosta Khetagurov</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In more-recent history, the Ossetians participated in the <a href="/wiki/East_Prigorodny_Conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="East Prigorodny Conflict">Ossetian–Ingush conflict</a> (1991–1992) and Georgian–Ossetian conflicts (<a href="/wiki/Georgian%E2%80%93Ossetian_conflict_(1918%E2%80%931920)" title="Georgian–Ossetian conflict (1918–1920)">1918–1920</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgian%E2%80%93Ossetian_conflict" title="Georgian–Ossetian conflict">early 1990s</a>) and in the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War" title="Russo-Georgian War">2008 South Ossetia war</a> between Georgia and Russia. </p><p>Key events: </p> <ul><li>1774 — Expansion of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> on Ossetian territory.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1801 — After <a href="/wiki/Georgia_within_the_Russian_Empire#Eastern_Georgia" title="Georgia within the Russian Empire">Russian annexation</a> of the east Georgian kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Kartli-Kakheti" class="mw-redirect" title="Kartli-Kakheti">Kartli-Kakheti</a>, the modern-day territory of South Ossetia becomes part of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>in 1830, the Russian general <a href="/wiki/Paul_Andreas_von_Rennenkampff" title="Paul Andreas von Rennenkampff">Paul Andreas von Rennenkampff</a> organized a punitive expedition to the <a href="/wiki/Java_Municipality" title="Java Municipality">Java region</a>. 1,500 Russian troops besieged Ossetian towers in the village of Koshelta, where 30 Ossetian rebels were located.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1922 — Creation of the <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetian_Autonomous_Oblast" title="South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast">South Ossetian autonomous oblast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia" class="mw-redirect" title="North Ossetia">North Ossetia</a> remains a part of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian SFSR</a>, while <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a> remains a part of the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic">Georgian SSR</a>.</li> <li>20 September 1990 – The independent Republic of South Ossetia is formed. Though it remained unrecognized, it detached itself from Georgia <i>de facto</i>. In the last years of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">ethnic</a> tensions between Ossetians and <a href="/wiki/Georgians" title="Georgians">Georgians</a> in Georgia's former <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous Oblast">Autonomous Oblast</a> of South Ossetia (abolished in 1990) and between Ossetians and <a href="/wiki/Ingush_people" title="Ingush people">Ingush</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Ever since <i>de facto</i> independence, there have been <a href="/wiki/Proposed_Russian_annexation_of_South_Ossetia" title="Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia">proposals in South Ossetia of joining Russia</a> and uniting with North Ossetia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language">Language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian language</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OSABC2highlited.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="OSABC2highlited" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/OSABC2highlited.jpg/220px-OSABC2highlited.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/OSABC2highlited.jpg/330px-OSABC2highlited.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/OSABC2highlited.jpg/440px-OSABC2highlited.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2914" data-file-height="2326" /></a><figcaption>The Ossetic language written in its traditional <a href="/wiki/Nuskhuri" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuskhuri">Khutsuri</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Ossetian language belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Iranian_languages" title="Eastern Iranian languages">Eastern Iranian</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scythian_languages" title="Scythian languages">Alanic</a>) branch of the <a href="/wiki/Indo-European_languages" title="Indo-European languages">Indo-European language family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-encarta2008_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta2008-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ossetian is divided into two main dialect groups: <a href="/wiki/Iron_(dialect)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron (dialect)">Ironian</a><sup id="cite_ref-encarta2008_38-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta2008-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">os</a>. – Ирон) in North and South Ossetia and <a href="/wiki/Digor_(dialect)" class="mw-redirect" title="Digor (dialect)">Digorian</a><sup id="cite_ref-encarta2008_38-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta2008-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">os</a>. – Дыгурон) in Western North Ossetia. In these two groups are some subdialects, such as Tualian, Alagirian and Ksanian. The Ironian dialect is the most widely spoken. </p><p>Ossetian is among the remnants of the <a href="/wiki/Scythian_languages" title="Scythian languages">Scytho-Sarmatian</a> dialect group, which was once spoken across the Pontic–Caspian Steppe. The Ossetian language is not mutually intelligible with any other Iranian language. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:none"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religion in North Ossetia-Alania as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)<sup id="cite_ref-2012ArenaAtlas_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012ArenaAtlas-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2012_Arena-religion-maps_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012_Arena-religion-maps-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodoxy</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:DarkOrchid; width:49.2%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">49.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Assianism" title="Assianism">Assianism</a> and other native faiths</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Red; width:29.4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">29.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Russia" title="Islam in Russia">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Green; width:15%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">15%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Russia" title="Christianity in Russia">Christians</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:DeepSkyBlue; width:9.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">9.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">Atheism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">irreligion</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Black; width:3%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:MediumOrchid; width:2.4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_Russia" title="Protestantism in Russia">Protestantism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Navy; width:0.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Spiritual_but_not_religious" title="Spiritual but not religious">Spiritual but not religious</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:DarkSlateGray; width:0.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other and undeclared</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Gray; width:0.6%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.6%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>Prior to the 10th century, Ossetians were strictly pagan, though they were partially <a href="/wiki/Christianized" class="mw-redirect" title="Christianized">Christianized</a> by <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> missionaries in the beginning of the 10th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Iratta.com_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iratta.com-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 13th century, most of the urban population of Ossetia gradually became <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> as a result of <a href="/wiki/Georgians" title="Georgians">Georgian</a> missionary work.<sup id="cite_ref-encarta2008_38-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta2008-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> was introduced shortly after, during the 1500s and 1600s, when the members of the <a href="/wiki/Digor_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Digor (people)">Digor</a> first encountered <a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassians</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kabarday" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabarday">Kabarday</a> tribe in Western Ossetia, who themselves had been introduced to the religion by <a href="/wiki/Tatars" title="Tatars">Tatars</a> during the 1400s.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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Gift offerings from the Rekom shrine</div></div></div></div> <p>According to a 2013 estimate, up to 15% of North Ossetia’s population practice Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1774, Ossetia became part of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, which only went on to strengthen <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox Christianity</a> considerably, by having sent <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Orthodox church">Russian Orthodox</a> missionaries there. However, most of the missionaries chosen were churchmen from Eastern Orthodox communities living in Georgia, including <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a>, as well as ethnic <a href="/wiki/Georgians" title="Georgians">Georgians</a>. Russian missionaries themselves were not sent, as this would have been regarded by the Ossetians as too intrusive. </p><p>Today, the majority of Ossetians from both North and South Ossetia follow <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodoxy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-encarta2008_38-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta2008-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Assianism" title="Assianism">Assianism</a> (<i>Uatsdin</i> or <i>Aesdin</i> 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 <i>kuvandon,</i> in most villages.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the research service <i>Sreda</i>, North Ossetia is the primary center of Ossetian Folk religion and 29% of the population reported practicing the Folk religion in a 2012 survey.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Assianism has been steadily rising in popularity since the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>side<sup>1</sup></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Outside of <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a>, there are also a significant number of Ossetians living in <a href="/wiki/Ossetians_in_Trialeti" class="mw-redirect" title="Ossetians in Trialeti">Trialeti</a>, in North-Central <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>. A large Ossetian <a href="/wiki/Diaspora" title="Diaspora">diaspora</a> lives in <a href="/wiki/Ossetians_in_Turkey" title="Ossetians in Turkey">Turkey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>. About 5,000–10,000 Ossetians emigrated to the Ottoman Empire, with their migration reaching peaks in 1860–61 and 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHamed-Troyansky202449_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamed-Troyansky202449-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Turkey, Ossetians settled in central Anatolia and set up clusters of villages around Sarıkamış and near Lake Van in eastern Anatolia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHamed-Troyansky202474_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamed-Troyansky202474-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ossetians have also settled in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (primarily <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> and <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>), <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>), <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>) and other countries all around the world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_Census_of_2002">Russian Census of 2002</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Russian Census of 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The vast majority of Ossetians live in Russia (according to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Census_(2002)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Census (2002)">Russian Census (2002)</a>): </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia%E2%80%93Alania" title="North Ossetia–Alania"><img alt="North Ossetia–Alania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia%E2%80%93Alania" title="North Ossetia–Alania">North Ossetia–Alania</a> — 445,300</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow"><img alt="Moscow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Moscow%2C_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moscow%2C_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Moscow%2C_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moscow%2C_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Moscow%2C_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Moscow%2C_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="356" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> — 10,500</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kabardino-Balkaria" title="Kabardino-Balkaria"><img alt="Kabardino-Balkaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_Kabardino-Balkaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kabardino-Balkaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_Kabardino-Balkaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kabardino-Balkaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_Kabardino-Balkaria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kabardino-Balkaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kabardino-Balkaria" title="Kabardino-Balkaria">Kabardino-Balkaria</a> — 9,800</li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Stavropol_Krai.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Stavropol_Krai.svg/22px-Flag_of_Stavropol_Krai.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Stavropol_Krai.svg/33px-Flag_of_Stavropol_Krai.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Stavropol_Krai.svg/44px-Flag_of_Stavropol_Krai.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Stavropol_Krai" title="Stavropol Krai">Stavropol Krai</a> — 7,700</li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Krasnodar_kray_(1995).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Krasnodar_kray_%281995%29.png/22px-Flag_of_Krasnodar_kray_%281995%29.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Krasnodar_kray_%281995%29.png/33px-Flag_of_Krasnodar_kray_%281995%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Krasnodar_kray_%281995%29.png/44px-Flag_of_Krasnodar_kray_%281995%29.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="133" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnodar Krai">Krasnodar Krai</a> — 4,100</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Karachay-Cherkessia" title="Karachay-Cherkessia"><img alt="Karachay-Cherkessia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Karachay%E2%80%93Cherkessia" class="mw-redirect" title="Karachay–Cherkessia">Karachay–Cherkessia</a> — 3,200</li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Saint_Petersburg.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Saint_Petersburg.svg/22px-Flag_of_Saint_Petersburg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Saint_Petersburg.svg/33px-Flag_of_Saint_Petersburg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Saint_Petersburg.svg/44px-Flag_of_Saint_Petersburg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a> — 2,800</li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Rostov_Oblast.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Rostov_Oblast.svg/22px-Flag_of_Rostov_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Rostov_Oblast.svg/33px-Flag_of_Rostov_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Rostov_Oblast.svg/44px-Flag_of_Rostov_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Rostov_Oblast" title="Rostov Oblast">Rostov Oblast</a> — 2,600</li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Moscow_oblast.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Moscow_oblast.svg/22px-Flag_of_Moscow_oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Moscow_oblast.svg/33px-Flag_of_Moscow_oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Moscow_oblast.svg/44px-Flag_of_Moscow_oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Oblast" title="Moscow Oblast">Moscow Oblast</a> — 2,400</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Genetics">Genetics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Ossetians%22">"Ossetians"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Ossetians%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Ossetians%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Ossetians%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Ossetians%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Ossetians%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Ossetians are a unique ethnic group of the Caucasus, speaking an <a href="/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages" title="Indo-Iranian languages">Indo-Iranian</a> language surrounded mostly by <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Caucasian_languages" title="Northeast Caucasian languages">Vainakh-Dagestani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Caucasian_languages" title="Northwest Caucasian languages">Abkhazo-Circassian</a> ethnolinguistic groups, as well as <a href="/wiki/Turkic_languages" title="Turkic languages">Turkic</a> tribes such as the <a href="/wiki/Karachays" title="Karachays">Karachays</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Balkars" title="Balkars">Balkars</a>. </p><p>Most Ossetians belong to the Haplogroup G2a1a-P18, which is found almost exclusively in the Caucuses. Given the following evidence the Ossetes seem to be an Alanized local population, who became Alanized in the middle ages and their original language is not known.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to this study, Ossetians are more related to Georgians (60–70%) than to most other Caucasian ethnic groups. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ossetians&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Cleanup_gallery plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Osetino_komXXjc.jpg/123px-Osetino_komXXjc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Osetino_komXXjc.jpg/164px-Osetino_komXXjc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="343" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ossetian woman in traditional clothes, early years of the 20th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Osetia_woman_working.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ossetian women working (19th century)"><img alt="Ossetian women working (19th century)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Osetia_woman_working.jpg/120px-Osetia_woman_working.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Osetia_woman_working.jpg/180px-Osetia_woman_working.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Ramonov_vano_ossetin_northern_caucasia_dress_18_century.jpg/111px-Ramonov_vano_ossetin_northern_caucasia_dress_18_century.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Ramonov_vano_ossetin_northern_caucasia_dress_18_century.jpg/148px-Ramonov_vano_ossetin_northern_caucasia_dress_18_century.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1155" data-file-height="1865" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ossetian Northern Caucasia dress of the 18th century, Ramonov Vano (19th century)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Three_ossetian_teachers.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Three Ossetian teachers (19th century)"><img alt="Three Ossetian teachers (19th century)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Three_ossetian_teachers.jpg/120px-Three_ossetian_teachers.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Three_ossetian_teachers.jpg/180px-Three_ossetian_teachers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Three_ossetian_teachers.jpg/240px-Three_ossetian_teachers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4004" data-file-height="2516" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Three Ossetian teachers (19th century)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ossetian_girl_1883.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ossetian girl in 1883"><img alt="Ossetian girl in 1883" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Ossetian_girl_1883.jpg/85px-Ossetian_girl_1883.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Ossetian_girl_1883.jpg/127px-Ossetian_girl_1883.jpg 1.5x, 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title="Gaito Gazdanov">Gaito Gazdanov</a>, writer</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sergei_Guriev.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sergei Guriev, economist"><img alt="Sergei Guriev, economist" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Sergei_Guriev.jpg/80px-Sergei_Guriev.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Sergei_Guriev.jpg/120px-Sergei_Guriev.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Sergei_Guriev.jpg/160px-Sergei_Guriev.jpg 2x" data-file-width="735" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Guriev" title="Sergei Guriev">Sergei Guriev</a>, economist</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bagraev.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nikolay Bagrayev, politician"><img alt="Nikolay Bagrayev, politician" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Bagraev.jpg/120px-Bagraev.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Bagraev.jpg/180px-Bagraev.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Bagraev.jpg/240px-Bagraev.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Bagrayev" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikolay Bagrayev">Nikolay Bagrayev</a>, politician</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Ossetian_performers.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="South Ossetian performers"><img alt="South Ossetian performers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/South_Ossetian_performers.JPG/120px-South_Ossetian_performers.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/South_Ossetian_performers.JPG/180px-South_Ossetian_performers.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/South_Ossetian_performers.JPG/240px-South_Ossetian_performers.JPG 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="336" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">South Ossetian performers</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Barry_(capitaine)._F._17._Oss%C3%A8the_(Oss%C3%A8te),_Koban._Mission_scientifique_de_Mr_Ernest_Chantre._1881.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ossetian man in 1881"><img alt="Ossetian man in 1881" 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2x" data-file-width="1690" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ossetian man in 1881</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Soslan_Ramonov_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Soslan Ramonov, wrestler"><img alt="Soslan Ramonov, wrestler" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Soslan_Ramonov_2015.jpg/120px-Soslan_Ramonov_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Soslan_Ramonov_2015.jpg/180px-Soslan_Ramonov_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Soslan_Ramonov_2015.jpg/240px-Soslan_Ramonov_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="390" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Soslan_Ramonov" title="Soslan Ramonov">Soslan Ramonov</a>, wrestler</div> </li> <li 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(May 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1529-8817.2004.00092.x">"Mitochondrial DNA and Y-Chromosome Variation in the Caucasus"</a>. <i>Annals of Human Genetics</i>. <b>68</b> (3): 205–21. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1529-8817.2004.00092.x">10.1046/j.1529-8817.2004.00092.x</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15180701">15180701</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:27204150">27204150</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Annals+of+Human+Genetics&rft.atitle=Mitochondrial+DNA+and+Y-Chromosome+Variation+in+the+Caucasus&rft.volume=68&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=205-21&rft.date=2004-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A27204150%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F15180701&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1046%2Fj.1529-8817.2004.00092.x&rft.au=Nasidze&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1046%252Fj.1529-8817.2004.00092.x&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetians" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNasidze2004" class="citation journal cs1">Nasidze; et al. (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052627/http://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/pdf/Nasidze.AnHG.2004.pdf">"Genetic Evidence Concerning the Origins of South and North Ossetians"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Annals of Human Genetics</i>. <b>68</b> (Pt 6): 588–99. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1529-8817.2004.00131.x">10.1046/j.1529-8817.2004.00131.x</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15598217">15598217</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:1717933">1717933</a>. 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"The Ossetic Oral Narrative Tradition: Fairy Tales in the Context of other Forms of Oral Literature". In Davidson, Hilda Ellis; Chaudhri, Anna (eds.). <i>A Companion to the Fairy Tale</i>. Rochester, New York: D. S. Brewer. pp. 202–216.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Ossetic+Oral+Narrative+Tradition%3A+Fairy+Tales+in+the+Context+of+other+Forms+of+Oral+Literature&rft.btitle=A+Companion+to+the+Fairy+Tale&rft.place=Rochester%2C+New+York&rft.pages=202-216&rft.pub=D.+S.+Brewer&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Chaudhri&rft.aufirst=Anna&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetians" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>Folktale collections</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li>Munkácsi, Bernhard. <i>Blüten der ossetischen Volksdichtung</i>. Otto Harrassowitz, 1932. (in German)</li> <li>Осетинские народные сказки [Ossetian Folk Tales]. Запись текстов, перевод, предисловие и примечания Г. А. Дзагурова [ <a href="/w/index.php?title=Grigory_A._Dzagurov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grigory A. Dzagurov (page does not exist)">Grigory A. Dzagurov</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Дзагуров, Григорий Алексеевич">ru</a>]</span> ]. Мoskva: Главная редакция восточной литературы издательства «Наука», 1973. (in Russian)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFByazyrov1978" class="citation book cs1">Byazyrov, A. (1978) [1960]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Z3ylgtL_STQC&q=%22%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0+%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B4%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%22"><i>Осетинские народные сказки</i></a> [<i>Ossetian Folk Tales</i>]. <a href="/wiki/Tskhinvali" title="Tskhinvali">Tskhinvali</a>: Ирыстон.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5+%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B8&rft.place=Tskhinvali&rft.pub=%D0%98%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD&rft.date=1978&rft.aulast=Byazyrov&rft.aufirst=A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DZ3ylgtL_STQC%26q%3D%2522%25D0%25A1%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B7%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0%2B%25D0%25BE%2B%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B6%25D0%25B4%25D1%2591%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B9%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOssetians" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Arys-Djanaïéva, Lora; Lebedynsky, Iaroslav. <i>Contes Populaires Ossètes (Caucase Central)</i>. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iranian_religions" title="Iranian religions">Iranian religions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-Iranian_paganism" title="Proto-Indo-Iranian paganism">Proto-Indo-Iranian paganism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Iranian_religion" title="Ancient Iranian religion">Ancient Iranian religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assianism" title="Assianism">Assianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1bism" title="Bábism">Bábism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khurramites" title="Khurramites">Khurramites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manichaeism" title="Manichaeism">Manichaeism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazdak" title="Mazdak">Mazdakism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazdaznan" title="Mazdaznan">Mazdaznan</a></li> <li><a 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font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Indo-European_languages" title="Indo-European languages">Indo-European</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cham_Albanians" title="Cham Albanians">Cham Albanians</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosniaks" title="Bosniaks">Bosniaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorani_people" title="Gorani people">Gorani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurds" title="Kurds">Kurds</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Germany" title="Kurds in Germany">in Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_France" title="Kurds in France">in France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_the_Netherlands" title="Kurds in the Netherlands">in the Netherlands</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims_(ethnic_group)" title="Muslims (ethnic group)">Muslims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomaks" title="Pomaks">Pomaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talysh_people" title="Talysh people">Talysh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tat_people_(Caucasus)" title="Tat people (Caucasus)">Tats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Turkic_peoples" title="Turkic peoples">Turkic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis" title="Azerbaijanis">Azerbaijanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balkars" title="Balkars">Balkars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashkirs" title="Bashkirs">Bashkirs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatars" title="Crimean Tatars">Crimean Tatars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Roma" title="Crimean Roma">Crimean Roma</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatars_of_Romania" title="Tatars of Romania">Dobrujan Tatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Tatars" title="Finnish Tatars">Finnish Tatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karachays" title="Karachays">Karachays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhs" title="Kazakhs">Kazakhs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumyks" title="Kumyks">Kumyks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipka_Tatars" title="Lipka Tatars">Lipka Tatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nogais" title="Nogais">Nogais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_people" title="Turkish people">Turks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Cypriots" title="Turkish Cypriots">Cypriot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_of_the_Dodecanese" title="Turks of the Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_in_Germany" title="Turks in Germany">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meskhetian_Turks" title="Meskhetian Turks">Meskhetian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_of_Western_Thrace" title="Turks of Western Thrace">Western Thracian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_in_Europe" title="Turks in Europe">Other</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volga_Tatars" title="Volga Tatars">Volga Tatars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mishar_Tatars" title="Mishar Tatars">Mishar Tatars</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C3%B6r%C3%BCks" title="Yörüks">Yörüks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/North_Caucasian_languages" title="North Caucasian languages">North Caucasian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abazins" title="Abazins">Abazins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazians" title="Abkhazians">Abkhazians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghul_people" title="Aghul people">Aghuls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andi_people" title="Andi people">Andis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhvakh_people" title="Akhvakh people">Akhvakhs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archi_people" title="Archi people">Archis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avars_(Caucasus)" 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Muslims">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croat_Muslims" title="Croat Muslims">Croats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Islam in Georgia (country)">Georgians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adjarians" title="Adjarians">Adjarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingiloy_people" title="Ingiloy people">Ingiloys</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Muslims" title="Greek Muslims">Greek</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vallahades" title="Vallahades">Vallahades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cretan_Muslims" title="Cretan Muslims">Cretan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemshin_people" title="Hemshin people">Hemshenis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian Muslims">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maghreb" title="Maghreb">Maghrebis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistanis" title="Pakistanis">Pakistanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megleno-Romanians" title="Megleno-Romanians">Megleno-Romanians</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Karata_people" title="Karata people">Karatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tindi_people" title="Tindi people">Tindis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lezgic_languages" title="Lezgic languages">Lezgic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aghul_people" title="Aghul people">Aguls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archi_people" title="Archi people">Archin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budukh_people" title="Budukh people">Budukhs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jek_people" title="Jek people">Jeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kryts_people" title="Kryts people">Kryts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lezgins" title="Lezgins">Lezgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutul_people" title="Rutul people">Rutuls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabasaran_people" title="Tabasaran people">Tabasarans</a></li> <li><a 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title="Kabardians">Kabardians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natukhajs" title="Natukhajs">Natukhajs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shapsugs" title="Shapsugs">Shapsugs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubykh_people" title="Ubykh people">Ubykhs</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caucasus-ethnic_en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Caucasus-ethnic_en.svg/250px-Caucasus-ethnic_en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Caucasus-ethnic_en.svg/375px-Caucasus-ethnic_en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Caucasus-ethnic_en.svg/500px-Caucasus-ethnic_en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="977" data-file-height="1111" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indo-European_languages" title="Indo-European languages">Indo-<br />European</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armeno-Tats" title="Armeno-Tats">Armeno-Tats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherkesogai" title="Cherkesogai">Cherkesogai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zok_language" title="Zok language">Zoks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lom_people" title="Lom people">Lom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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title="Buryats">Buryats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chechens" title="Chechens">Chechens</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Aukhs" title="Aukhs">Aukhovite Chechens</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chukchi_people" title="Chukchi people">Chukchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuvash_people" title="Chuvash people">Chuvash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Cherkess</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Besleney" title="Besleney">Besleney</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ademey" title="Ademey">Ademey</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatars" title="Crimean Tatars">Crimean Tatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_larger_indigenous_peoples_of_Russia#Indigenous_peoples_of_Dagestan" title="List of larger indigenous peoples of Russia">Indigenous peoples of Dagestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingush_people" title="Ingush people">Ingush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabardians" title="Kabardians">Kabardians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmyks" title="Kalmyks">Kalmyks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karachays" title="Karachays">Karachays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karelians" title="Karelians">Karelians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khakas" title="Khakas">Khakas</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Koibal_people" title="Koibal people">Koibals</a></span> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Abugach" title="Abugach">Abugach</a></span></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanty" title="Khanty">Khanty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komi_peoples" title="Komi peoples">Komi</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Izhma_Komi" title="Izhma Komi">Izhma Komi</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komi_peoples" title="Komi peoples">Komi-Permyak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansi_people" title="Mansi people">Mansi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mari_people" title="Mari people">Mari</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meadow-Eastern_Mari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meadow-Eastern Mari (page does not exist)">Meadow-Eastern Mari</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%86%D1%8B" class="extiw" title="ru:Лугово-восточные марийцы">ru</a>]</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mountain_Mari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mountain Mari (page does not exist)">Mountain Mari</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%86%D1%8B" class="extiw" title="ru:Горные марийцы">ru</a>]</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Mari_people" title="Northwestern Mari people">Northwestern Mari</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mordvins" title="Mordvins">Mordvins</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Mokshas" title="Mokshas">Mokshas</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Erzyas" title="Erzyas">Erzyas</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nenets_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Nenets people">Nenets</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Khandeyar" title="Khandeyar">Khandeyar</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ossetians</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Digor_people" title="Digor people">Digors</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Iron_people" title="Iron people">Irons</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Cossacks" title="Cossacks">Cossacks</a></span> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Amur-Ussuri_Cossacks" title="Amur-Ussuri Cossacks">Amur-Ussuri Cossacks</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Baikal_Cossacks" title="Baikal Cossacks">Baikal Cossacks</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kuban_Cossacks" title="Kuban Cossacks">Kuban Cossacks</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Pomors" title="Pomors">Pomors</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvans" title="Tuvans">Tuvans</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Tozhu_Tuvans" title="Tozhu Tuvans">Tozhu Tuvans</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udmurts" title="Udmurts">Udmurts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volga_Tatars" title="Volga Tatars">Volga Tatars</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(as <a href="/wiki/Tatars" title="Tatars">Tatars</a>)</span> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Astrakhan_Tatars" title="Astrakhan Tatars">Astrakhan Tatars</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kryashens" title="Kryashens">Kryashens</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Mishar_Tatars" title="Mishar Tatars">Mishar Tatars</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Na%C4%9Fayb%C3%A4k" title="Nağaybäk">Nağaybäks</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakuts" title="Yakuts">Yakuts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_indigenous_peoples_of_Russia" title="List of minor indigenous peoples of Russia">Indigenous<br />peoples</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_indigenous_peoples_of_Russia#Far_North" title="List of minor indigenous peoples of Russia">Far North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aleuts" title="Aleuts">Aleuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chukchi_people" title="Chukchi people">Chukchis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chulyms" title="Chulyms">Chulyms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuvans" title="Chuvans">Chuvans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolgans" title="Dolgans">Dolgans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enets_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Enets people">Enets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itelmens" title="Itelmens">Itelmens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamchadals" title="Kamchadals">Kamchadals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kereks" title="Kereks">Kereks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ket_people" title="Ket people">Kets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanty" title="Khanty">Khanty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koryaks" title="Koryaks">Koryaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alyutors" title="Alyutors">Alyutors</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Apuka" title="Apuka">Apuka</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Karaga_people" title="Karaga people">Karaga</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansi_people" title="Mansi people">Mansi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naukan_people" title="Naukan people">Naukan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nenets_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Nenets people">Nenets</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Khandeyar" title="Khandeyar">Khandeyar</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nganasan_people" title="Nganasan people">Nganasans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selkup_people" title="Selkup people">Selkups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugh_people" title="Yugh people">Yughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukaghir_people" title="Yukaghir people">Yukaghir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siberian_Yupik" title="Siberian Yupik">Yupiks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Russia" title="Northwest Russia">Northwest</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Izhorians" title="Izhorians">Izhorians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_peoples" title="Sámi peoples">Sámi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Setos" title="Setos">Setos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vepsians" title="Vepsians">Vepsians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Votians" title="Votians">Votians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Far_East#Traditional_ethnic_groups" title="Russian Far East">Far East</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ainu_people" title="Ainu people">Ainus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evenks" class="mw-redirect" title="Evenks">Evenks</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Hamnigan" title="Hamnigan">Hamnigans</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evens" title="Evens">Evens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanai_people" title="Nanai people">Nanai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negidals" title="Negidals">Negidals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nivkh_people" title="Nivkh people">Nivkhs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oroch_people" title="Oroch people">Orochs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orok_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Orok people">Oroks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taz_people" title="Taz people">Taz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udege_people" title="Udege people">Udege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulch_people" title="Ulch people">Ulchs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_Siberia" title="Indigenous peoples of Siberia">Siberia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamasins" title="Kamasins">Kamasins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumandins" title="Kumandins">Kumandins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shors" title="Shors">Shors</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Aba_people" title="Aba people">Aba</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyot" title="Soyot">Soyots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siberian_Tatars" title="Siberian Tatars">Siberian Tatars</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Baraba_Tatars" title="Baraba Tatars">Baraba Tatars</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Chat_Tatars" title="Chat Tatars">Chat Tatars</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Eushta_Tatars" title="Eushta Tatars">Eushta Tatars</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kalmak_Tatars" title="Kalmak Tatars">Kalmak Tatars</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Siberian_Bukharans" title="Siberian Bukharans">Siberian Bukharans</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Zabolotnie_Tatars" title="Zabolotnie Tatars">Zabolotnie Tatars</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teleuts" title="Teleuts">Teleuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tofalar" title="Tofalar">Tofalars</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dagestan#Ethnic_groups" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abazins" title="Abazins">Abazins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghul_people" title="Aghul people">Aghuls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aukhs" title="Aukhs">Aukhovite Chechens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avars_(Caucasus)" title="Avars (Caucasus)">Avars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhvakh_people" title="Akhvakh people">Akhvakhs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andi_people" title="Andi people">Andis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archi_people" title="Archi people">Archis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagvalal_people" title="Bagvalal people">Bagvalals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bezhta_people" title="Bezhta people">Bezhtas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botlikh_people" title="Botlikh people">Botlikhs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamalal_people" title="Chamalal people">Chamalals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godoberi_people" title="Godoberi people">Godoberi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinukh_people" title="Hinukh people">Hinukhs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunzib_people" title="Hunzib people">Hunzibs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karata_people" title="Karata people">Karatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwarshi_people" title="Khwarshi people">Khwarshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tindi_people" title="Tindi people">Tindis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsez_people" title="Tsez people">Tsez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis_in_Russia" title="Azerbaijanis in Russia">Azerbaijanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dargins" title="Dargins">Dargins</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kaitags" title="Kaitags">Kaitags</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Kubachi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kubachi people">Kubachins</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B" class="extiw" title="ru:Кубачинцы">ru</a>]</span></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumyks" title="Kumyks">Kumyks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laks_(Caucasus)" title="Laks (Caucasus)">Laks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lezgins" title="Lezgins">Lezgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nogais" title="Nogais">Nogais</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ak_Nogai" title="Ak Nogai">Ak Nogai</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Karagash" title="Karagash">Karagash</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutul_people" title="Rutul people">Rutuls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabasaran_people" title="Tabasaran people">Tabasarans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talysh_people" title="Talysh people">Talysh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tat_people_(Caucasus)" title="Tat people (Caucasus)">Tats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsakhur_people" title="Tsakhur people">Tsakhurs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_Indigenous_peoples_of_Russia#Other" class="mw-redirect" title="List of minor Indigenous peoples of Russia">Other</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Besermyan" title="Besermyan">Besermyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tver_Karelians" title="Tver Karelians">Tver Karelians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other ethnic peoples</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazians" title="Abkhazians">Abkhaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghans_in_Russia" title="Afghans in Russia">Afghans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabs_in_the_Caucasus" title="Arabs in the Caucasus">Arabs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Russia" title="Armenians in Russia">Armenians</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Cherkesogai" title="Cherkesogai">Cherkesogai</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assyrians_in_Russia" title="Assyrians in Russia">Assyrians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis_in_Russia" title="Azerbaijanis in Russia">Azerbaijanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusians_in_Russia" title="Belarusians in Russia">Belarusians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosniaks" title="Bosniaks">Bosniaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">Britons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians">Bulgarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukharan_Jews" title="Bukharan Jews">Bukharan Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Karaites" title="Crimean Karaites">Crimean Karaites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cubans" title="Cubans">Cubans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czechs" title="Czechs">Czechs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dungan_people" title="Dungan people">Dungans</a></li> <li><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venemaa_eestlased" class="extiw" title="et:Venemaa eestlased">Estonians</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Setos" title="Setos">Setos</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finns" title="Finns">Finns</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ingrian_Finns" title="Ingrian Finns">Ingrian Finns</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Murmansk_Finns" title="Murmansk Finns">Murmansk Finns</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Siberian_Finns" title="Siberian Finns">Siberian Finns</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gagauz_people" title="Gagauz people">Gagauz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgians_in_Russia" title="Georgians in Russia">Georgians</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Adjarians" title="Adjarians">Adjarians</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ingiloy_people" title="Ingiloy people">Ingiloy</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Laz_people" title="Laz people">Laz</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Mingrelians" title="Mingrelians">Mingrelians</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Svans" title="Svans">Svans</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Jews in Georgia">Georgian Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_Germans" title="Russia Germans">Germans</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Mennonite" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Mennonite">Mennonites</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Volga_Germans" title="Volga Germans">Volga Germans</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeks_in_Russia_and_Ukraine" title="Greeks in Russia and Ukraine">Greeks</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Urums" title="Urums">Urums</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_Chinese_in_Russia" title="Ethnic Chinese in Russia">Han</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemshin_people" title="Hemshin people">Hamshenis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_diaspora" title="Hungarian diaspora">Hungarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Russia" title="Indians in Russia">Indians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_people_in_Russia" title="Japanese people in Russia">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia" title="History of the Jews in Russia">Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhs_in_Russia" title="Kazakhs in Russia">Kazakhs</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Astrakhan_Kazakhs" title="Astrakhan Kazakhs">Astrakhan Kazakhs</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koryo-saram" title="Koryo-saram">Koreans</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/North_Koreans_in_Russia" title="North Koreans in Russia">North Koreans</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sakhalin_Koreans" title="Sakhalin Koreans">Sakhalin Koreans</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krymchaks" title="Krymchaks">Krymchaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Russia" title="Kurds in Russia">Kurds</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6_(%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC)" class="extiw" title="ru:Курмандж (этноним)">Kurmanj</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_people" title="Kyrgyz people">Kyrgyz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvians_in_Russia" title="Latvians in Russia">Latvians</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Latgalians_(modern)" title="Latgalians (modern)">Latgalians</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanians_in_Russia" title="Lithuanians in Russia">Lithuanians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_diaspora" title="Macedonian diaspora">Macedonians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meskhetian_Turks" title="Meskhetian Turks">Meskhetian Turks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldovans_in_Russia" title="Moldovans in Russia">Moldovans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegrins" title="Montenegrins">Montenegrins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Jews" title="Mountain Jews">Mountain 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