The book is the result of interdisciplinary research involving scholars from various academic fields (history, ethnology, art history, architecture, archeology). the monograph deals with the history of Truso, its relationship to the state,the ethnic composition of the population, monuments of material culture, etc. The authors discuss the impact of the current socio-cultural, demographic and economic transformations and political challenges on the current state and infrastructure of the region. The study of written sources, ethnographic data, monuments of material culture, epigraphy, toponyms, confirms that since ancient times the region was an area of settlement of Georgians and was part of the Georgian state. In a sense, this book gives an answer to the falsifiers of the history of Georgia, who present Truso as one of the centers of the formation of the Ossetian ethnos and their historical homeland

This book has been published with the financial assistance of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, within the framework of the project Truso – Historical and Ethnocultural Issues – Grant: # BRG-1-19-190.