Ossetia

 (/ɒˈsɛtiə/, less common: /ɒˈsiːʃə/; Ossetian: Ирыстон or Ир, romanized: Iryston or Ir, pronounced [iˈrəston]) is an ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. The Ossetian language is part of the Eastern Iranian branch of the family of Indo-European languages.

Quotes

 * Roman Lunkin, head of the Center for the Study of Problems of Religion and Society at Moscow’s Institute of Europe, tells the Moscow paper that conflicts between Orthodox and pagan Ossetians have been going on for a long time because each has its own rules of behavior that the other is seen as violating, especially with regard to women.
 * , "North Ossetia Orthodox Say Leaders of Traditional Ossetian Faith Attacking Christians", Window on Eurasia (July 31, 2019)