Located in the south of our vast country, the city of Vladikavkaz has a rich history dating back several centuries. He survived the change of power, and popular unrest, and much more. By the way, Vladikavkaz is very interesting, not least because of the diversity of cultures and ethnic groups that mixed in these parts and brought something of their own to its walls.
At its founding, the city was called Vladikavkaz. In the USSR, he was partly called Ordzhonikidze, and part of it was Ossetian called Dzaudzhikau. It is here that the Georgian Military Highway, the main highway connecting Russia and Georgia (see the interesting facts about Georgia), originates. The city was founded by order of Empress Catherine II, who wanted to have a powerful fortress in these parts. For a thousand years before the founding of Vladikavkaz, on the place where it is now located, there was an Alanian settlement.
Among the locals there are representatives of eight world religions, including the Buddhist and Hindu communities. In the Soviet Union for 10 years Vladikavkaz was the capital of two republics at once – Ingush and North Ossetian. Despite the significant cultural, ethnic and religious diversity of the population, the city is calm and quite safe for both locals and visitors. In the winter in Vladikavkaz it is cold. The coldest temperature ever recorded here was -27.8 degrees.
Because of the industrial production located here, the city does not have the most favorable ecological situation. Thus, the norm for the emission of sulfur trioxide into the atmosphere is exceeded by almost 200 times. Since the beginning of the 2000s, the population of Vladikavkaz has been slowly decreasing. From the local international airport there are regular flights only to Moscow. In Vladikavkaz, a half dozen museums, ten theaters and eight large libraries.
