Osetiny Glazami Russkih I Inostrannyh Puteshestvennikov

Interes k izucheniyu istorii osetinskogo naroda, ego yazyka, fol'klora, etnografii i arheologii proyavlyali mnogie russkie i zapadnoevropejskie uchenye i puteshestvenniki. Shiroko izvestny imena takih krupnyh uchenyh, kak Shegren, Shifner, Miller, Kovalevskij, posvyativshih osetinam monumental'nye trudy. Odnako podlinnoe nauchnoe izuchenie Osetii nachalos' tol'ko v sovetskoe vremya, v rezul'tate sozdaniya nauchno-issledovatel'skih uchrezhdenij i poyavleniya natsional'nyh kadrov nauchnyh rabotnikov. Osetinskimi uchenymi napisana istoriya Severnoj Osetii, izdany tsennye trudy, osobenno po yazyku i nekotorym voprosam istorii i ekonomiki osetinskogo naroda. Dlya bolee glubokogo i vsestoronnego izucheniya proshlogo naroda v oblasti ekonomiki, hozyajstva, material'noj i duhovnoj kul'tury neobhodimo vyyavlenie novyh istochnikov. Odnim iz takih istochnikov yavlyayutsya zapiski puteshestvennikov po Kavkazu i yugu Rossii. Ih vpechatleniya i issledovaniya, napisannye na nemetskom, frantsuzskom i drugih yazykah, ostavalis' do sih por malodostupnymi dlya issledovatelej Osetii. Mnogie puteshestvenniki pobyvali v otdalennye vremena v samyh trudnodostupnyh gornyh seleniyah Osetii i imeli vozmozhnost' neposredstvenno nablyudat' zhizn' ee naroda. Material, soderzhaschijsya v ih trudah, yavlyaetsya tsennym istochnikom dlya harakteristiki mnogih storon zhizni osetin po takim maloizuchennym periodam ih istorii, kak srednie veka, XVIII i pervaya polovina XIX veka. Nastoyaschij sbornik vklyuchaet v sebya kak trudy puteshestvennikov XIII-XVII vv., v kotoryh naibolee yarko otrazhen period istorii severokavkazskih alan, tak i materialy puteshestvennikov XVIII-XIX vv. Sleduet otmetit', chto nekotorye svedeniya srednevekovyh puteshestvennikov, voshedshie v dannyj sbornik, byli perevedeny na russkij yazyk chastichno esche v pervoj polovine XIX v. i pechatalis' v raznyh izdaniyah, stavshih v nashi dni bibliograficheskoj redkost'yu. Vklyuchenie podobnogo roda istochnikov v sbornik oblegchit vozmozhnost' pol'zovaniya imi pri izuchenii sootvetstvuyuschego perioda istorii osetinskogo naroda. V otnoshenii materialov XVIII-XIX vv. zametim, chto bol'shinstvo puteshestvennikov etogo perioda v svoih zapiskah otrazhalo interesy kolonial'noj politiki russkogo samoderzhaviya, poetomu soobschaemye imi svedeniya trebuyut strogogo kriticheskogo podhoda. This book, "Osetiny glazami russkih i inostrannyh puteshestvennikov", by I. S. Zevakina, is a replication of a book originally published before 1967. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.