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.
Ossetian folklore • Kosta Khetagurov • Translations • Conversion • Diplomacy • Substring • Lexical unit • Religious buildings • Equivalency • Transcription • Iron Age • Caucaso • Akhmatova • Caucasus • Carla Serena • National diasporas • Armenia • Early photographs • The city of Vladikavkaz • Migration • Či dæ? (Kto ty?) • Venice • Manuscript tradition • Ethnoarchaeology • Nart epos • Murghab • Urartu • Confessional groups • National colouring • Ossetic folklore • Tbilisi • The Ossetians of Turkey • Translated text • Icons, Incarnation of Christ, Prince Ašot II Bagra • Oral story • Anthology • Monastic practices • Central Asia • Nomadism • End of the XIX century-beginning of the XX century • Translation • Baku • Translation unit • Early modern times • Non-fairy prose • Palestine • Source language • Artistic image • Biographies • Archaeology • Motivation • Ossetic literature • Azerbaijan • Ossetia • Fortress • Artistic translation • Anna Akhmatova • Translating language • Georgia • Pastoralism • Formation of urban space • Gaza • Travel writing • Stylistic means • Turkmenistan • Abkhazia • Chetagurov • Source text • Equivalence • Travels