PARTICIPATION OSSETIA IN THE CIVIL WAR: NEW APPROACHES
In the article the problem of relations between the authorities and the rural population, which was of exceptional importance for the outcome of the civil war. The author gives a modern perspective on the nature of the civil war, and marked the main stages of the confrontation in the Terek region. Using modern methodological approaches by the author it was found that both parties had learned their benefits from the Union, because the authority received strong social support, and the peasants – the warranty on many vital issues. The introduction of new sources allowed us to conclude that ethnic clashes in the Terek region was superior in its strength and scope of the social. The article analyzes the perception of the population of the region of activities of the new government, his reaction to political vector constructed for different social groups and national movements relations.