To the Historical Geography of Ossetia: The Historical Region of Khokh

The present article advocates that the oronym Khokhis K’avk’asi “the Khokh Caucasus,” catalogued by the Georgian geographer Vakhushty in the beginning of the 18th century as the name for the Side Ridge in Central Ossetia, corresponds to the historical and geographical region of Khokh, known from the...

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Main Author: Yuri A. Dzitstsoity
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Izdatelstvo Uralskogo Universiteta 2020-12-01
Series:Вопросы ономастики
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Online Access:http://onomastics.ru/sites/default/files/doi/10.15826/vopr_onom.2020.17.3.040.pdf