Alania (political party) explained

Union for the National Revival of Alania
Native Name:Союз национального возрождения Алании
Native Name Lang:ru
Leader:Aleksandr Ramonov
Dissolved:Mid-1990s
Ideology:
Position:Far-left
Country:Russia

The Union for the National Revival of Alania (Russian: Союз национального возрождения Алании|translit=Soyuz natsionalnogo vozrozhdeniya Alanii), abbreviated as Alania (Russian: Алания|translit=Alaniya|link=no), was a political party in the Russian republic of North Ossetia–Alania during the early 1990s.

History

The Union for the National Revival of Alania was established on 28 April 1991[1] by Aleksandr Ramonov and other officers of the Soviet Army. Subscribing to National Bolshevism, the party argued for the preservation of the Soviet Union under the Communist Party,[2] It additionally supported increasing the rights of the Digor people, and recognition of Ossetians as being direct descendants of the Alans.[3] The party's political programme called for active measures to strengthen the Ossetian language, ensure a "national-cultural revival", and conduct scientific studies on the historical origins of the Ossetians.[1]

In July 1994, Alania founded its own newspaper, known as Alanta.[4] During the 1995 Russian regional elections, it failed to win a single seat, and the party subsequently fell into inactivity during the mid-1990s.[2]

References

  1. Book: Kambolov, T. T. . Языковая ситуация и языковая политика в Северной Осетии. История, современность, перспективы. . . 2007 . 5-8336-0287-4 . Vladikavkaz . 207 . ru . The Language Situation and Language Politics in North Ossetia: History, Modernity, Perspectives.
  2. Web site: Muzayev . Timur . 1999 . Этнический сепаратизм в России . Ethnic Separatism in Russia . 27 May 2024 . . 270 . ru.
  3. Book: Shnirelman, V. A. . Быть Аланами. Интеллектуалы и политика на Северном Кавказе в XX веке. 2006 . New Literary Review . 2006 . Moscow . 2006 . 85 . ru . To Be Alans: Intellectuals and Politics in the North Caucasus in the 20th century.
  4. News: July 1994 . К читателю! . I'm reading! . 27 May 2024 . Alantæ . ru . Memorial.