What is North Ossetia–Alania?
[[Image:North ossetia alania map.png|thumb|250px|right]] [[Image:Ossetiedunord.png|right|250px]] [[Image:Emblem of North Ossetia.svg|right|200px]] The '''Republic of North Ossetia-Alania''' ({{lang-ru|Респу́блика Се́верная Осе́тия–Ала́ния}}) is a small republic in the north of the [[Caucasus]] which is part of Russia. In the [[Middle Ages]] it was called “[[:en:Alania|Alania]]”. Since 1804 it has been under Russian control. When the [[Soviet Union]] was breaking up in the early 1990s there was a lot of nationalistic feeling in the area. Some Ossetian people wanted to call the country Alania again. In November 1994 the name of Alania was added to the republican title (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania). A lot of people have come to North Ossetia as [[refugee]]s because of the wars in neighbouring countries of [[Chechnya]] and [[South Ossetia]]. ==Related pages== {{commons category|North Ossetia – Alania}} * [[Ossetic language]] * [[Music of Ossetia]] * [[North Caucasus]] {{Subdivisions of Russia}}{{multistub|geo|Europe}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Divided regions|Ossetia, North]] [[Category:North Ossetia–Alania| ]]