Articles related to "Ossetians"

The Scythians roamed and ruled much of what is now Ukraine and southern Russia, trading with Greeks, burying their dead in kurgans, and plundering villages.

There are over half a million ethnic Ossetians. They speak a language from the Iranian family (like the Pashto langauge of Afghanistan). Most are Christians.

You may have never heard of Dagestan or Abkhazia. They are small political entities left over from the Soviet era. There are about a dozen of them in the Caucasus.

The Caucasus Mountains is a geographic region where four countries form the bounday between Europe and Asia - Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.

Russia and the West are using similar propaganda terms and techniques as Yugoslavia and Nato did in their war over Kosovo a decade ago: sovereignty and genocide.

With war in Georgia & divergent world opinions; America & the West forgot about rebuffing Russia's UN request for a nonviolent solution to the South Ossetia problem.

Baratov's cavalry corps in Persia, forgotten and far from home during the Russian Revolution, refused to stop fighting during World War One.

As Georgia and Russia are fighting back home in the South Ossetian territory, today the two rivals did battle on the sand in Beijing.

Composition and origins of the Russian Imperial Army's 1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps of General NN Baratov fighting the Turks in Persia during World War One.

It is the Prime-Mininister Vladimir Putin rather than President Dimitry Medvedev who is currently in control of Russia, as shown by the recent Russia-Georgia debacle.

The rationale for the independence of Kosovo can also be applied to South Ossetia or Abkhazia. Western condemnation of Russia reveals inconsistency and double standards.

Russia is using its military power to force Georgia's hand in South Ossetia, and the Russians will likely end the conflict on the terms of their choosing.

New reports from the small Caucasus nation of Georgia indicate that Russia intends to leave at least some military forces in the country.

The fighting in South Ossetia is quickly getting out of hand, presenting significant problems not only for Georgia, but for the United States and Russia as well.