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North Ossetia (05.2011)

Located in the volatile North Caucasus, the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania is one of Russia's smallest regions. Since the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the Caucasus have become synonymous with conflict and strife, and North Ossetia, which shares borders with Chechnya, Ingushetia and Georgia, has become home to thousands of refugees seeking to escape State and ethnic disputes. To this day, these proud mountain people maintain their traditions and patriarchal way of life.
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Зарина.

caucasusrusurusu photographycaucasus Mountainsnorth ossetiaСеверная Осетияrussia

  • Табличка на входе в Город Мёртвых.
  • Skull in a Dargavs tomb. Склеп в городе мёртвых.
  • Hip bones, femurs and other remains of the dead.
  • Dargavs tombs overlooking the river & villages.
  • Sowing the earth.
  • Крестьяне за плугом в горах. Село Джимара.
  • Alone on a foggy mountain road.
  • Mountain river in Dargavs.
  • A homemade hydro-power plant known as the 'free-flow wheel' by its creator, Ahshar Varziev.
  • Ahshar Varziev checking the controls of his homemade hydro-power plant.
  • The "wheel".
  • Varziev's free-flow wheel.
  • Слева А. Варзиев, создатель электростанции в горах.
  • Varziev's handiwork.
  • Tapping into a source of electricity - hmmm...
  • Varziev's car.
  • Зарина.
  • Horses by the river.
  • In the shadow of the mountains.
  • View from under a bridge.
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