ИЗВЕСТИЯ СОИГСИ

The article traces the course of life and creativity of Akim Kazbekovich Dzhanaev – one of the prominent representatives of the generation of Ossetian scientific intelligentsia, whose creative biography was being formed during the period of profound social transformations in the first half of the XX c. A.K. Dzhanaev developed interest in the Humanities at a very early age, and this interest eventually turned into conscious desire to become a professional historian. The social atmosphere of 1920-1930 facilitated this, when the educated layer of the society was actively engaged in discussing issues of ideological foundation for the socialism construction in USSR. Dzhanaev taught for many years in different educational organizations. But scientific research was his main calling. The article marks the scientist’s important contribution into development of the Ossetian studies and Caucasology. The author characterized the main directions of Dzhanaev’s research activities. The list of themes the researcher treated during his long life in science outlines breadth of his scientific interests. Among them there are problems of feudal landowning in Digoria, development of the revolutionary movement and socialist construction in the North Caucasus, as well as the questions of the Ossetian historiography, archeographical and source studying, etc. The bibliographical list of the Dzhanaev’s works is presented. It contains 84 titles including the monographs, articles, as well the collected scientific articles and documents, in elaborating which the researcher participated.

Keywords: history of Ossetia, A.K. Dzhanaev, feudal landowning, revolutionary movement in the North Caucasus, Ossetian historiography, source studying.

References:

1.    Tsagolov G.M. Zametki iz gorskoj zhizni [The notes on the life of Mountaineers]. Terskie vedomosti [Terek statements]. December 1, 1899.

2.    Dzhanaev A.K. Iz istorii revoljucii 1905–1907 gg. v Severnoj Osetii [From the history of the 1905–1907 Revolution in North Ossetia]. Izvestija SONII [Proceedings of the North Ossetian Research Institute]. 1956, vol. 17, pp. 9-120.

3.    Dzhanaev A.K. O razvitii feodalizma u gorskih narodov Severnogo Kavkaza [On the development of feudalism among the North Caucasus mountain peoples]. Problemy feodalizma u narodov SSSR [The problems of feudalism of the USSR peoples]. Moscow, 1969, pp. 219-221.

4.    Dzhanaev A.K. Osetinskaja sovetskaja istoriografija [The Ossetian Soviet historiography]. Izvestija SONII [Proceedings of the North Ossetian Research Institute]. 1971, vol. 28, pp. 121-140.