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Ossetia
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Os·se·tia  (-ssh)
A region of the central Caucasus. The area was annexed by Russia between 1801 and 1806 and is now split into North Ossetia, an autonomous republic of the Russian Federation, and South Ossetia, a region of Georgia.
Os·setian adj. & n.
Ossetia [ɒˈsiːʃə]
n
(Placename) a region of central Asia, in the Caucasus: consists administratively of the North Ossetian Republic in Russia and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region in Georgia
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8/8/2009 2:12:01 PM Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has reaffirmed his country's commitment to South Ossetian independence, saying that last year's conflict with Georgia redrew the map of the Caucasus for good.
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Thereafter, there were a series of Ossetian rebellions during which various claims of independence were made.
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