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South Ossetia
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South Ossetia
A region of northern Georgia in the central Caucasus bordering on Russia. Annexed by Russia in the early 19th century, South Ossetia became a part of Georgia in 1922. Following Georgian independence from the USSR in 1991, the region was the scene of conflict between Ossetian separatists and Georgian government forces.
South Ossetia [əˈsiːʃə]
n
(Placename) a region in Georgia on the S slopes of the Caucasus Mountains; in 1990 it voted to join Russia, leading to armed conflict with Georgian forces; it became an autonomous region in 1997. Capital: Tskhinvali. Pop.: 99 800 (1990). Area: 3900 sq. km (1500 sq. miles) Georgian name Tskhinvali Also called South Ossetian Autonomous Region
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Tbilisi announced its desire to quit the Russian-dominated organization after a five-day war with Russia over the Georgian breakaway republic of South Ossetia last August.
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Republic of South Ossetia consists of a checkerboard of Georgian and Ossetian inhabited towns and villages in close proximity to one another administered by Georgia or South Ossetia, essentially by whichever group is in the majority.
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An example of the latter centres on the Russian incursion into Georgia in response, they said, to Georgia's attack on the breakaway republic of South Ossetia.
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