The story “Timur in the Caucasus” by A.N. Dyachkova-Tarasova organically complements the chronicle of Tamerlane’s conquests, revealing new aspects of the life of the “Lord of the Universe,” as the cruel commander himself called himself. Temur (Tamerlane) was born in 1336 in the village. Khoja-Ilgar near the city of Shakhrisyabz (Uzbekistan). A brave rider, a brave warrior, smart, he managed to seize power in Transoxiana, whose capital was Samarkand. He rounded out his possessions, and then began his invasions to the south, and to the north, and to the west, and to the east. In the south, he smashed India, burned the huge city of Delhi and took away countless booty, in the north - as far as the Irtysh - he subjugated the steppes to his power, in the west - he devastated Persia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, destroyed the 160,000-strong Turkish army at Ankara, and the Turkish army itself He captured Sultan Bayazet I, burned his capital Brussa and a number of cities in Asia Minor, including Smyrna, and conquered Damascus and Baghdad. Temur waged a long struggle with the Golden Horde, which under Khan Tokhtamysh became a major and dangerous political force for Temur’s state. Three times - in 1389, 1391 and 1395 - Temur defeated Khan Tokhtamysh. The battle of 1395 on the Terek, not far from the territory of modern North Ossetia, was especially bloody. Having captured Tokhtamysh's treasures in the headquarters he abandoned, Timur rushed in pursuit of Tokhtamysh, but did not overtake him. After these events, the Golden Horde was undermined, its influence weakened, and the conquered peoples began to free themselves from Tatar dependence. According to some historians, there is some reason to think that in the battle of 1395, North Caucasian military formations, including Circassian and Alan-Ossetian, also took part in the battle of 1395 on the side of Tokhtamysh as his vassals. This is indirectly indicated by the fact that after the defeat of the Golden Horde, Timur in 1395 attacked the Circassians, the tribes in the area of Mount Elbrus, the inhabitants of the Beshtag region (Pyatigorye - Caucasian Mineral Waters) and conquered “the entire Simsima region.” During this offensive, Temur’s troops invaded the foothills and mountains of North Ossetia. The prominent North Caucasian historian, archaeologist and ethnographer A. N. Dyachkov-Tarasov, relying on professional knowledge and personal experience, created an interesting and truthful story about the dramatic events of the late 14th century, when the fate of the peoples of the Caucasus was decided for a long time.