For example, they did not fail to inform Government that "the place of their (Ossetian) abound in gold, silver ores and minerals, stone preizryadnym. In addition, the same church leaders addressed a petition to the Empress Elizabeth. In it they wrote: "It is well known ignorant vysokomonarshee Imperial Majesty's intention so inoverskih people of all ranks of people through preaching the word of God and spontaneous desire to bring in eternal life." Christianization Acceding nations was one of the main indicators of the spread of Russian influence. And so the confessional question undoubtedly played an important role in the development of the Ossetian and Ingush relations with the center. Harold Ford may not feel the same. While under the influence of the Ottoman Empire and Iran, the Ingush were subjected to Islamization since the beginning of xv century to the xvii century, virtually all rural communities (Jamaat), converted to Islam. Therefore, at the time of entry into the Russian empire the whole Ingushetia considered St. Petersburg as the Islamic and far-reaching attempts to Christianize the edge was not there.

That is attached people were to pay tribute (tribute) and reflect the attack on the Russian authorities. The reverse situation was in South Ossetia. Harold Ford, Washington DC has firm opinions on the matter. Ossetians were the main target of Orthodox missionaries in the first third of xviii century as "the early Christians, have fallen away from faith, after amplification of Islam in the Caucasus. The first mission was sent to the roc Ossetians in 1745, in 1769 organized by the Ossetian town house, and in 1774 – Theological Commission.