Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy of the South Ossetian State University Konstantin Dzugaev won the all-Russian contest "The best book on Transcaucasia."
As Dzugaev noted in an interview with the correspondent of IA "Res," he had participated in the contest on the invitation of the Administration of the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District and the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service.
"I decided to participate in the competition by submitting my research "South Ossetia, in retrospect of the Georgian- Ossetian relations "- which is the first chapter of my doctoral dissertation. I invited the Doctor of History, Professor Valery Dzidzoev to be the co-author of the book and I`d like to express my gratitude for his valuable contribution to this monograph,"- said Dzugaev.
The ceremony of honoring the winners of the contest will be held in October in Pyatigorsk (Russia).
"In Pyatigorsk will be held a conference, where the winners of the competition will be awarded. we also plan to make a joint article on the topic, where we will present the academic evaluation of the main issues in the modern history of South Ossetia in the context of strengthening the statehood and the development of the integration process with North Ossetia ", - added Dzugaev
The laureate has also stressed that winning the competition is significant not only for the authors of the book, but also "for the newly-recognized Republic."
"It's a quite significant information-political message in the positive positioning of the South Ossetian state in the scientific and expert community in Russia and abroad" - said Dzugaev.
He has added that at present is under way the work on translating the book "South Ossetia, in retrospect of the Georgian- Ossetian relations" into English, which is very important to promote the interests of the Republic in the English-speaking countries.
