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