And here is an old
administrative map of Russian Georgia, as of 1914, and below – a black-and-white
map of Western Transcaucasia specially created in 1922 for a classified
manual for Red Army officers.
Where is Alania? In the Terek territory of course!
And where is “South Ossetia”?
It is non-existent its territory being within the provinces of Tiflis and Kutais (predominantly within the county of Gori).
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Conclusion?
Well… it looks like if there was any “United Ossetia” that fell u nder the Russian sceptre in 1774 it was limited to modern “Northern Ossetia-Alania” of Russian Federation.
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