Ossetia is a region in the northern Caucasus Mountains, inhabited by the Ossetians. Its territory currently straddles the political divide between North Ossetia-Alania in Russia, and South Ossetia in Georgia (country). The Ossetians descend from Iranian language-speaking tribes from Central Asia, namely Alans. They became Christianity s during the early Middle Ages under Georgian influence. Forced out of their medieval homeland (south of the Don River, Russia in present-day Russia) during Mongols rule, they migrated towards and over the Caucasus mountains, where they formed three distinct territorial entities: * Digor in the west came under the influence of the neighboring Kabard people, who introduced Islam * Tualläg in the south, in the Georgian central region of Shida Kartli. In 1924 part became known as South Ossetia * Iron in the north became what is now North Ossetia/Alania, under Russian rule from 1767. Today the majority of Ossetians, from both North and South Ossetia, follow Eastern Orthodoxy. A minority profess Islam. Most Ossetians today live along the central part of the Greater Caucasus Range in the two Ossetias. A large Ossetian diaspora lives in Turkey, and Ossetians have also settled in Russia, France, Sweden, Syria, the United States, Canada and other countries all around the world. == See also == * North Ossetia * South Ossetia * Ossetic language * Beslan school massacre Ossetia Caucasus Iranian peoples
i think the fact is that both those in north and south ossetia follow orthodoxy. if you are still in doubt and insist on changing my edits, please go to this website to see that christianity is indeed the religion of both north and south ossetia. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3632274.stm --User:JPan : Google easily finds several sites that say there's also Muslims among the Ossetians, though I can't find much about the delineation between south and north on religious lines. I'm going to leave in the note about the Islamic minority overall. --User:Joy 10:43, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC) btw, someone should put up a link referring to the recent massacre in beslan...--User:JPan There, I added a link to Beslan School Massacre...--User:JPan More info on this discussion of the religion of the Ossetians: I found a source that seems to be quite accurate and precise. Here it is, "The Ossetian population of North Ossetia is predominantly Christian with some Muslim minority and all population of South Ossetia is Christian." http://www.worldwidewebfind.com/encyclopedia/en/wikipedia/n/no/north_ossetia_alania.html With your permission, we should change the page to reflect this finding ???--User:JPan : Um, that's our North Ossetia-Alania article. --User:Joy Are you saying our North Ossetia-Alania Article is incorrect, Joy? Besides, shouldn't there be consistency within Wikipedia, thus we should edit this Ossetia page to comply with the info from the N. Ossetia page. Let's add this info to this page! --User:JPan : Um, try reading our present NO-A article? It says "The Ossetian population of North Ossetia is predominantly Christian with a Muslim minority" right there in the intro. Also, this sentence hasn't been changed in the last month. --User:Joy 21:25, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC) : Also, our SA article currently says "Most Ossetians are now Russian Orthodox Christians, but there is also a significant Muslim minority". --User:Joy 21:27, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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Ossetia is a region in the northern Caucasus Mountains, inhabited by the Ossetians. Its territory currently straddles the political divide between North Ossetia-Alania in Russia, and South Ossetia in Georgia (country). The Ossetians descend from Iranian language-speaking tribes from Central Asia, namely Alans. They became Christianity s during the early Middle Ages under Georgian influence. Forced out of their medieval homeland (south of the Don River, Russia in present-day Russia) during Mongols rule, they migrated towards and over the Caucasus mountains, where they formed three distinct territorial entities: * Digor in the west came under the influence of the neighboring Kabard people, who introduced Islam * Tualläg in the south, in the Georgian central region of Shida Kartli. In 1924 part became known as South Ossetia * Iron in the north became what is now North Ossetia/Alania, under Russian rule from 1767. Today the majority of Ossetians, from both North and South Ossetia, follow Eastern Orthodoxy. A minority profess Islam. Most Ossetians today live along the central part of the Greater Caucasus Range in the two Ossetias. A large Ossetian diaspora lives in Turkey, and Ossetians have also settled in Russia, France, Sweden, Syria, the United States, Canada and other countries all around the world. == See also == * North Ossetia * South Ossetia * Ossetic language * Beslan school massacre Ossetia Caucasus Iranian peoples
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i think the fact is that both those in north and south ossetia follow orthodoxy. if you are still in doubt and insist on changing my edits, please go to this website to see that christianity is indeed the religion of both north and south ossetia. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3632274.stm --User:JPan : Google easily finds several sites that say there's also Muslims among the Ossetians, though I can't find much about the delineation between south and north on religious lines. I'm going to leave in the note about the Islamic minority overall. --User:Joy 10:43, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC) btw, someone should put up a link referring to the recent massacre in beslan...--User:JPan There, I added a link to Beslan School Massacre...--User:JPan More info on this discussion of the religion of the Ossetians: I found a source that seems to be quite accurate and precise. Here it is, "The Ossetian population of North Ossetia is predominantly Christian with some Muslim minority and all population of South Ossetia is Christian." http://www.worldwidewebfind.com/encyclopedia/en/wikipedia/n/no/north_ossetia_alania.html With your permission, we should change the page to reflect this finding ???--User:JPan : Um, that's our North Ossetia-Alania article. --User:Joy Are you saying our North Ossetia-Alania Article is incorrect, Joy? Besides, shouldn't there be consistency within Wikipedia, thus we should edit this Ossetia page to comply with the info from the N. Ossetia page. Let's add this info to this page! --User:JPan : Um, try reading our present NO-A article? It says "The Ossetian population of North Ossetia is predominantly Christian with a Muslim minority" right there in the intro. Also, this sentence hasn't been changed in the last month. --User:Joy 21:25, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC) : Also, our SA article currently says "Most Ossetians are now Russian Orthodox Christians, but there is also a significant Muslim minority". --User:Joy 21:27, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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