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