Ossetian woman in traditional Indo-Iranian attire
Ossetians are an Iranian-speaking people living in the Caucasus region. Ossetians are considered to be the closest living relatives of the Scythians, specifically through the Alanic branch of the Sarmatians who settled in the region sometime around the 4th or 5th century AD. The main population lives in North Ossetia (part of the Russian Federation) and South Ossetia.
Far eastern reach of the Celtic tribes.
ReplyDeleteSurviving. The Celts made it to what is now considered western China. See the Louhan Beauty.
Deleteremnants from Alexander....
ReplyDeleteIf they reside in the Causasus region, west of the Black Sea, how are they how are they part of the Russian Federation of N or S Ossetia, which is east of the Black Sea by almost 1000 miles????
ReplyDeleteopps, my bad. i was thinking about the Carpathian mtns. duh.
DeleteI love the eyes!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be "Persian" or "Farsi" speaking? I don't think there is an "Iranian" language per se.
ReplyDeleteYes. Mostly Persian (64%). Persian (Farsi) is the official language, but other languages like Azeri Turkic, Kurdish, Gilaki, Mazandarani, Arabic, and Balochi are also spoken.
DeleteCertainly one of the early caucasian bloodlines. Understand now why you know who wants to genocide their culture, history and entire race, and why they are so hardy and resourceful people having survived and kept their culture intact all these centuries. Good on them. Good to see peoples in various places starting to defend themselves successfully.
ReplyDeleteMountainous regions, well defended, part of 🇷🇺 Russia so not part of the globohomo social experiments passed off as the ruling elite in the West…
DeleteBeautiful music, too in the Caucasus.
Scythians-one of the lost tribes
ReplyDeleteThe Scythians were extremely cruel and were considered worse than beasts.
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