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The article considered the I.T. Sobiev’s activities in Ossetian studies. His fruitful collaboration with the outstanding Russian scientist V.F. Miller in the field of Ossetian linguistics, ethnography and folklore studies is traced. In compiling by the latter of the Оssetic-Russian-German dictionary Sobiev was a consultant for the Digor dialect of the Ossetian language and collector of the Digorian words. Sobiev’s active participation in the mid 1920s in finalizing, expanding and preparing for edition of the Miller’s Ossetic-Russian-German dictionary is noted. Sobiev is also known as a collector of monuments of the Digor folklore. The three historical songs, presented by Sobiev, were included in the compilation published by Miller. The article focuses attention on Sobiev’s activity as a member-employee of the Ethnographic Department of the Natural sciences, Anthropology and Ethnography Imperial Society at the Moscow University. The essays by Sobiev on ethnography and folklore of Ossetians, published in the periodical press, are considered. His essay “In Digor Gorge” (1901), and his unpublished manuscript “Digor Gorge” devoted to historical-ethnographic description of mountainous Digoria are analyzed. The value of Sobiev’s memoirs on Miller’s compilation of the Ossetic-Russian-German dictionary and the «Digorian tales» compilation is highlighted. Together with the Sobiev’s memories about Miller his letters to the scientist are widely used in the article. His memories have become one of the important sources about Miller’s last scientific visit to Ossetia in the summer of 1901, the fact that was questioned by the researchers. The article’s hero’s biography key milestones are precised and fleshed out. Special attention is paid to the social work of Sobiev as an active participant in the South-Ossetian publishing society and in the Ossetian newspaper “Nog Tsard” (“Our Life”). So, Sobiev’s many-sided activity in collecting and studying the monuments of the Ossetian traditional culture, folklore and language is shown on the extensive data.

Keywords: I.T. Sobiev, V.F. Miller, Ossetian studies, Digor Gorge, ethnography, folklore, religious beliefs, family rituals.

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