Alania (political party)

The Union for the National Revival of Alania (Russian: Союз национального возрождения Алании, romanizedSoyuz natsionalnogo vozrozhdeniya Alanii), abbreviated as Alania (Russian: Алания, romanized: Alaniya), was a political party in the Russian republic of North Ossetia–Alania during the early 1990s.

Union for the National Revival of Alania
Союз национального возрождения Алании
LeaderAleksandr Ramonov
Founded28 April 1991 (1991-04-28)
DissolvedMid-1990s
Ideology
Political positionFar-left

History

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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]

Election results

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Election Votes % Seats +/– Leader
1995 196 7.3
0 / 34
Aleksandr Ramonov[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kambolov, T. T. (2007). Языковая ситуация и языковая политика в Северной Осетии. История, современность, перспективы [The Language Situation and Language Politics in North Ossetia: History, Modernity, Perspectives] (in Russian). Vladikavkaz: North Ossetian State University. p. 207. ISBN 5-8336-0287-4.
  2. ^ a b c Muzayev, Timur. "Этнический сепаратизм в России" [Ethnic Separatism in Russia] (PDF). SOVA Center (in Russian). p. 270. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ Shnirelman, V. A. (2006). Быть Аланами. Интеллектуалы и политика на Северном Кавказе в XX веке. 2006 [To Be Alans: Intellectuals and Politics in the North Caucasus in the 20th century] (in Russian). Moscow: New Literary Review. p. 85.
  4. ^ "К читателю!" [I'm reading!] (PDF). Alantæ (in Russian). July 1994. Retrieved 27 May 2024 – via Memorial.