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