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Ossetians

Caucasian ethnic group
Intangible ethnic_group Q106974
Ossetians
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Summary

Ossetians is an ethnic group[1]. Ossetians ranks in the top 3% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,823 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Native language: Ossetian[3], Russian[4]
  • Religion or worldview: Christianity[5], Islam[6], Eastern Orthodoxy[7]
  • Subclass of: Iranian peoples[8]
  • Part of: peoples of the Caucasus[9]
  • Commons category: Ossetians[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ossetian people[11]
  • Population: 670,000[12]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Otto's encyclopedia[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16]
  • P14541: 1MubJj[17]

Why It Matters

Ossetians has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Ossetians is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Blignicourt

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM256498
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM256498, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1MubJj
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Ossetian people
    Population → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 23655, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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