The "Kosta Khetagurov" Playhouse at Stalinir, capital of the South Ossetian Autonomous Region. The Ossetians are a small tribe which, before the revolution, was mercilessly oppressed. There were only a few elementary schools. Today there are schools, collages, technical schools, etc. where pupils are taught in their own language, and there exists also an Ossetian theatre. c.1952 Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies.