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North Ossetia

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noun

  1. an autonomous republic in southern European Russia, in the northern Caucasus. 3,100 sq. mi. (8,029 sq. km) Vladikavkaz.


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He fought in Chechnya and in a brief war in North Ossetia in the 1990s, and later took part in Russia’s military intervention in Syria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Later, he was deployed to Mozdok in the Caucasus republic of North Ossetia, which Russia used as a base for its wars in Chechnya.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

The small largely mountainous region has a population of around 60,000 and borders North Ossetia, which is part of Russia.

From Reuters • May 13, 2022

In North Ossetia, Marina Kulumbegova, 25, has been avoiding watching the news.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022

A relative of the Justinian Plague strain also turned up in an individual from North Ossetia, Russia, whose age is more uncertain, but who probably died between the sixth and ninth centuries AD.

From BBC • May 10, 2018

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