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