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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Valery Gergiev, Ossetians, Kosta Khetagurov, Wakanoh Toshinori, Roh Yukio, Eduard Kokoity, Ruslan Karaev, Alan Dzagoev, Hakurozan Y ta, Valery Gazzaev, Vitaly Kaloyev, Dmitry Sanakoyev, Znaur Gassiev, Vladimir Gabulov, Tugan Sokhiev, Stanislav Cherchesov, Vladimir Gutsaev, Arsen Kotsoyev, Jassic people, Valeriy Hubulov, Makharbek Khadartsev, Artur Taymazov, Lyudvig Chibirov, Soslan Dzhanayev, Stanislav Kochiev, Zaur Khapov, Zhanna Vasil'yevna Pliyeva, Gaito Gazdanov, Veronika Dudarova, Vasily Abaev, Bakhva Tedeyev, David Musu bes, Lira Tskhovrebova, Vadim Gagloyev, Alan Kusov, Ossetians in Trialeti, Zaur Kaziev, Ossetians in Turkey, Jambulad Bazayev, Kosta Dzugaev, Artur Pagayev, Soslan Andiyev, Georgy Gabulov, Torez Kulumbegov, Khetag Gazyumov, Emir Saad, Guram Tskhovrebov, Zaur Kaloyev, Irbek Farniev, Styr Nyxas, Digor people, Iron people, Kudar. Excerpt: Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (Ossetic: /Gergity Abisaly Fyrt Valeri; Russian: born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg. Gergiev, born in Moscow, is the son of Tamara Tatarkanovna and Abisal Zaurbekovich. He and his siblings were raised in Vladikavkaz in their native North Ossetia in the Caucasus. While not a child prodigy, he began piano at secondary school, before going on to study at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Leningrad from 1972 to 1977. His principal conducting teacher was Prof. Ilya Musin ( ), one of the greatest conductor-makers in Russian musical history. His sister, Larissa Gergieva, is a pianist and director of the Mariinsky's singers' academy. In 1978, he became ass...
