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Gutnov F. Kh. The North Caucasus in Stateyny Lists of the End of XVIth — Middle XVIIth Century // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.5-18. Keywords: Stateyny Lists, thar, shah, sultan, shamhal, sovereign The article discusses an actual source on the history of medieval mountain societies — the Stateyny Lists of the Russian embassies of the end XVIth — middle XVIIth centuries. Various aspects of the North Caucasian peoples’ daily life are reflected in the Nakaz (questionnaires) of the embassies. They are very important due to conservation in them the materials on so called Dark Age (XIII‑XV centuries), and «troubled and dramatic epoch» of the post-Mongol period as well. The data on the social structure is invaluable, despite its paucity. Chibirov L. A. The Outstanding Figure of the Ossetian National Culture of the First Third of ХIХth century // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.19-30. Keywords: Yalguzidze, Gabaraev, southern Ossetians, translator, alphabet, ABC book, school, poet, «Alguziani» poem Ivan Yalguzidze left indelible trace in history of the culture of Ossetian people as the first author of the Ossetian alphabet and, on its basis, the ABC book, the first translator of church literature from Georgian into Ossetian, the first Ossetian poet — author of «Alguziani» poem. His love to the native people was great. Gostieva L. K. From the History of the «Chyryston Tsard» Magazine («The Christian Life») // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.31-40. Keywords: «Chyryston Tsard» magazine, Orthodoxy, priest, editor, Christian education, preaching, literature, article, poems The article traces the history of the «Chyryston Tsard» magazine («The Christian Life»), published in Ossetia in the early XXth century in Ossetian. The stages of its development in 1911‑1913 (the editor priest Moses Kotsoev) and 1915‑1916 (the editor priest Harlampi Tsomaev) are considered. A content of the magazine, which published sermons, religious articles, lives of saints, works of art and poems by local authors, is analyzed. The article concludes that the «Chyryston Tsard» religious-educational magazine played a major role in the development of Christian education, national awareness, Ossetian language and literature. Thanks to the magazine a lot of new names in the Ossetian literature was opened. Bagaev A. B. Saddle-Horse in Wedding Donation Among Ossetians // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.41-52. Keywords: military culture, saddle-horse, faty bæh («horse of arrow»), wedding rites of Ossetians, wedding mutual donation The article considers one of the important wedding ritual existed in the past of Ossetians, which presupposed a donation by the groom’s party of a saddle-horse to the bride’s immediate family. A special attention is given to solution of the discussing question on the horse image that is known as euphemistic faty bæh («horse of arrow»). The material accessible for today is colligated in the article, and the studying question is covered on the base of its analysis. Tuaeva B. V. The Mozdok Town as a Russian Geopolitical and Socio-Cultural Project // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.53-57. Keywords: North Caucasus, town let, Mozdok, socio-cultural milieu, polyethnicity, inter-ethnic communications, national security strategy The factors of forming and developing of the North Caucasian towns in conditions of the Russian reforms are examined in the article. A particular focus is done to the strategic social and cultural role of Mozdoc in the various periods of the Russian statehood’s forming. Tsorieva I. T. The Development of the System of Vocation Education in North Ossetia in 1940-1980s // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.58-64. Keywords: state educational policy, North Ossetia, vocation education, initial vocation school, skilled workers The article examines the problem of formation and development of the vocation institutions in training of skilled workers in North Ossetia in the 1940-1980s. The main stages and directions of reforming the system of initial vocation education in the republic are analyzed in the context of the educational policy, their dependence on the needs of social and economic development is revealed. It is concluded that a Soviet experience of forming initial vocational school is to be used as important and be adapted to the modern demands for restructuring of the state’s economy. Kanukova Z. V., Kulumbekov R. P. Ossetian Khadzar as a Model of Retranslation and Functioning of Tradition in the Modern Society // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.65-72. Keywords: ethnic tradition, traditional institutions, life support culture, normative culture, adaptation, innovation, social practices The article discusses the self-renovating opportunities of traditional culture, mechanisms of its adaptation to the urban cultural milieu. An attempt is implemented to research the Khadzar as an object of the traditional material, social and spiritual culture of Ossetians, and as a phenomenon of the modern urban daily-life for reveal of its archaic bed, tendencies of developing, results of external influences and traces of adaptive practices, functioning in the modern realities and prospects for further adaptation to the processes of modernization. LINGUISTICS. FOLKLOR STUDIES Guriev T. A. Marginalia of the Historic-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetic Language by V. I. Abaev // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.73-76. Keywords: еtymology, substratum, loans, social terms, teonym Professor Vassili Abaev, a renowned linguist, published his «Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetic language» in four volumes (1958-1989). The Dictionary is most informative as an invaluable source of reference for scholars and students who are interested in Ossetic studies. The author of the article presents the marginalia on the Dictionary with addenda et emendanda. Tsallagova I. N. On the Transition-Type Patois (on the Ossetian Linguistic Materials) // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.77-84. Keywords: Ossetian dialectology, patois of the Digor variant of the Ossetian, transition patois, Wallagkom patoi The specific processes of confusion of patois are little-studied, but some conclusions, which studying can lead to, are to be of interest for the general theory of dialects origin. This article is aimed toward the questions of study the transition patois of the Ossetian. Besides, non-published before dialect data, concerning with transition-types of speech of the Ossetian language, are put into scientific using. Gutieva E. T. Could Bertilak be a Scythian or a Sarmatian // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.85-95. Keywords: Arthurian cycle, Scythian Sarmatian adstratum, epic feast, decapitation, etymology Rational approach to the Middle English poem «Sir Gawain and the Green Knight» provides grounds to reinterpret the poem and to compare it to the Lucian’s dialogue on friendship. This Arthurian poem synthesizes hetero-cultural elements and can be paralleled to Scythian and Sarmatian epics. POLITOLOGY Khataev A. M. The Formation of the Local Self-Government in Russia: Historical-Politological Analysis // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.96-106. Keywords: local self-government traditions, foreign models, Zemstvo, Soviet model, two-level model The article deals with the problem of formation of local government, which research shows Russia has a rich own history of the local power construction. An undertaken analysis of the Russian and foreign experiences must be in great demand in the modern Russian conditions for correcting of existed models of local self-government with responsiveness of historical, national-ethnic and other local traditions and peculiarities. All of this allows to prevent faults and errors, and to prognosticate the issues of local government. Usova Y. V. Dynamics and Positioning of Regional Political Elites (the Case of North Ossetia-Alania) // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16 (55). P.107-112. Keywords: regional political elites, political processes, transformation of the political system, mechanisms of forming of elites The article attracting the sociological methods analyses the problems of dynamics and positioning of the modern regional political elites, recruitment issues and qualitative characteristics of elites, that is a factor of activity support for any governmental system. Dzagurova N.Kh. Image of Women in the Mass Political Consciousness (the Case of North Ossetia) // Izvestiya SOIGSI. 2015. Iss. 16(55). P. 107-112. Keywords: gender, leader, image of women, politics, political consciousness, women and society, modernization, historic process, North Ossetia The article considers some important gender aspects of the forming of the women’s image in the mass political consciousness. Its features are depended on the type of culture which characterized this society: “men’s”, “women’s” or “neutral”. In modern society the meaningful transformation of the social roles is put into effect, but the remains of traditionality affect the role of women in the social life, which is determined not her right to choose, but the rules and determinations “from above”. |