History, mountains and nature in an indissoluble union - Part 6

NORTH OSSETIA - TOURIST REGION (continued, Part 6) From Dargavsa Karmadonov and can make interesting walking tours to the Georgian military road to the glacier Miley, Midagrabinskomu plateau into the adjacent Kurtat gorge. But let us continue the journey along the Caucasus Mountains. Tional police valley 7 km from Gisela - Mayramadag village. In this area in November 1942, a battalion of Marines-Caspians barred the way the fascist invaders, who would like a roundabout way to break through to the Georgian Military Highway to Suarskomu gorge. On the southern outskirts of the village is a monument to seamen Caspians with the inscription: "We swear, the sailors-heroes, a word Navy, hard, battle, All that you dreamed of - build, everything he sought - is finished." Not far from the village is the village Mayramadag Dzuarikau with orchards, with corn and wheat fields, with the adobe and brick houses. A road - a monument to the seven brothers Gazdanova, who died in WWII. Everyone traveling on this road will certainly stops to commemorate this heroic family. The statue sculptor S. Sanakoev. The monument was unveiled May 8, 1975 on the eve of 30 anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. It was built as a tower, the wall is nestled grieving female figure personifying the mother dead sons. From the tower soar seven white cranes. To recall the words of the poet of Dagestan R. Gamzatova: "... I think sometimes that soldiers with bloody neprishedshie fields, not in our land, perished in the fight once, but to turn into white cranes ..." Mohammed and Hadzhismel killed in battle in Sebastopol, Dzarahmet not returned from the battle for Novorossiysk, Mukharbek and Khasanbek died during the liberation of Belarus, Sozyrko - in the battle for Kiev, Shamil on the eve of victory in May 1945, was mortally wounded at the walls of Berlin. Pravda war years wrote: "The sons of the Ossetian people against Nazi invaders showed heroism and courage." 60 Heroes of the Soviet Union and more than twenty generals brought the republic to the Motherland. Ancient male sanctuary Recom For Dzuarikau - small village Hataldon, Suadag, Biragzang and on the left bank of the Ardon (translated as "mad water") among the green orchards lies the town of Alagir, founded 50 years of the last century. At the site of the present city Altai and Ural masters was built in 1853 by a small factory for processing ore extracted from mines Sadonskih. The factory did not last long. Because of the weak technical capacity was closed. Alagir before the revolution, remained a small village with a small parish school and handicraft workshops. Glacier Miley Alagir now the fourth most populous city in North Ossetia. There are brick factory, industrial, food processing, woodworking plant. In the town of a few schools, hospitals, shops, cinemas, kindergartens and nurseries. In an old building, built in Byzantine style, housed museum. Interesting painting of his interiors, executed the poet and artist K. Khetagurov. Start material: Read more: