Research Article

The Identity of Ossetians in Georgia: the Example of Lagodekhi and Kaspi

Volume: 2 November 19, 2017
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The Identity of Ossetians in Georgia: the Example of Lagodekhi and Kaspi

Abstract

This article focuses on the current situation of identity, relations with Georgian society and those with North-South Ossetia of Ossetians in Shida-Kartli and Kakheti. Generally, Ossetians in Georgia are integrated with high degree. In this condition they define themselves as minority. They make efforts to keep cultural border with Georgians against assimilation through  things such as demand of developmet of cultural rights and there is certain distance between Ossetians and Georgians. They evaluate North-South Ossetia as “the motherland of their ancestors, culture and nation”. Therefore Ossetians in Georgia have identity like “diaspora identity”. But because of the tensions between “motherland”-“host country”, they emphasize “the unity of Georgians and Ossetians” for legitimacy of being in Georgia and want easy pass between Georgia and North-South Ossetia rather than the independence of South Ossetia. Beside “diaspora identity” has more developed among Ossetians in Lagodekhi due to ethnic policy of the USSR. 

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Turkish

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Research Article

Publication Date

November 19, 2017

Submission Date

November 20, 2017

Acceptance Date

October 14, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 2

APA
Wakizaka, K. (2017). Gürcistan Osetlerinde Kimlik: Lagodekhi ve Kaspi Örneği. Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2, 636-658. https://doi.org/10.24186/vakanuvis.356297
AMA
1.Wakizaka K. Gürcistan Osetlerinde Kimlik: Lagodekhi ve Kaspi Örneği. VAKANUVIS. 2017;2:636-658. doi:10.24186/vakanuvis.356297
Chicago
Wakizaka, Keisuke. 2017. “Gürcistan Osetlerinde Kimlik: Lagodekhi Ve Kaspi Örneği”. Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi 2 (November): 636-58. https://doi.org/10.24186/vakanuvis.356297.
EndNote
Wakizaka K (November 1, 2017) Gürcistan Osetlerinde Kimlik: Lagodekhi ve Kaspi Örneği. Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi 2 636–658.
IEEE
[1]K. Wakizaka, “Gürcistan Osetlerinde Kimlik: Lagodekhi ve Kaspi Örneği”, VAKANUVIS, vol. 2, pp. 636–658, Nov. 2017, doi: 10.24186/vakanuvis.356297.
ISNAD
Wakizaka, Keisuke. “Gürcistan Osetlerinde Kimlik: Lagodekhi Ve Kaspi Örneği”. Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi 2 (November 1, 2017): 636-658. https://doi.org/10.24186/vakanuvis.356297.
JAMA
1.Wakizaka K. Gürcistan Osetlerinde Kimlik: Lagodekhi ve Kaspi Örneği. VAKANUVIS. 2017;2:636–658.
MLA
Wakizaka, Keisuke. “Gürcistan Osetlerinde Kimlik: Lagodekhi Ve Kaspi Örneği”. Vakanüvis - Uluslararası Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 2, Nov. 2017, pp. 636-58, doi:10.24186/vakanuvis.356297.
Vancouver
1.Keisuke Wakizaka. Gürcistan Osetlerinde Kimlik: Lagodekhi ve Kaspi Örneği. VAKANUVIS. 2017 Nov. 1;2:636-58. doi:10.24186/vakanuvis.356297

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