Armenia, Caucasus and Central Asia
Research 2017
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abstract
This new volume in the series Eurasiatica. Quaderni di Studi su Balcani, Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia by Edizioni Ca' Foscari of Venice collects several articles devoted to Armenia, Caucasus and Central Asia. The articles in the volume range from archaeology to literature, from folklore to history, from the history of Eastern Christianity to art, from travel narratives to urban planning. An entire section is devoted to Ossetian studies, which are of great interest not only in the Caucasian and Iranian spheres, but also in Russian history and culture.
Ossetic folklore • Armenia • Palestine • Archaeology • Ethnoarchaeology • The Ossetians of Turkey • Akhmatova • Carla Serena • Manuscript tradition • Source language • Icons, Incarnation of Christ, Prince Ašot II Bagra • Caucasus • Early modern times • Non-fairy prose • Translating language • Pastoralism • Georgia • Urartu • Conversion • Confessional groups • Nomadism • Turkmenistan • Abkhazia • Artistic translation • Nart epos • End of the XIX century-beginning of the XX century • Motivation • Travels • Anthology • Transcription • National colouring • Translated text • Ossetic literature • Religious buildings • Artistic image • Diplomacy • Anna Akhmatova • Azerbaijan • Biographies • Kosta Khetagurov • Translation unit • Či dæ? (Kto ty?) • Travel writing • Chetagurov • Venice • Early photographs • Source text • Lexical unit • Murghab • Tbilisi • Migration • Ossetia • Baku • Ossetian folklore • National diasporas • Formation of urban space • Substring • The city of Vladikavkaz • Fortress • Monastic practices • Iron Age • Translations • Stylistic means • Gaza • Equivalence • Translation • Equivalency • Central Asia • Caucaso • Oral story