Ossetian national ideology is rooted in part in the work of Kosta Khetagkhety, a 19th century scholar who pioneered modern Ossetian literature. Khetagkhety and his followers re-standardized Ossetian ...

Efforts to save the Ossetian language are running up against a host of problems on both sides of Russia's border with a breakaway Georgian republic, contributing to fears that both forms of ...

The eventual unification of the two Ossetian polities figured prominently in Bibilov’s 2011 presidential election program. But he simultaneously acknowledged that unification would be an arduous ...

When Georgian forces moved into the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali on Aug. 7, they underestimated the Ossetians' determination to resist them. Young men opened fire with Kalashnikovs and ...

South Ossetian police tell Georgians to take a Russian passport, or leave their homes. The eyes were bloodshot and the face unshaven but the South Ossetian commander used his pen with the ...

Fierce fighting erupted around the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali, and Georgian war planes were reported to be in action bombing the town and surrounding areas. The Georgians said they had been ...