V.F. Miller and His Ossetian Studies

Abstract

The article discusses the contribution made by Vsevolod Fiodorovich Miller to the fi eld of Osse-tian studies. Among the interests of the prominent Russian scholar, there were a variety of aspects of Ossetian traditional culture including folklore, ethnography, ethnic origins, ethnic history, and world-view. The year 2013 marks the 165th birth anniversary and the centenary of the death of V.F. Miller, the scholar who was among the fi rst editors of the Etnografi cheskoe obozrenie journal.