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The South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast declared independence from Georgia SSR in July 1990. The Georgian government attempted to assert its control in South Ossetia, and on January 5, 1991, the National Guard of Georgia entered Tskhinvali, the South Ossetian capital, and fighting
The first use of the term "South Ossetia" is recorded in the 19th century, after the territory of South Ossetia, along with the rest of Georgia, became part of Russian Empire. Following the breakdown of the Tsarist regime in Russia, Ossetians allied with the Russian Bolsheviks, fighting a war against the newly independent Menshevik Georgia.
South Ossetia war (1991–1992) Georgia South Ossetia Supported by: Russia: 5 January 1991: 24 June 1992: The separatist conflict leads to South Ossetia's de facto independence from Georgia. 1,000 killed [20] 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état: Rebel factions of National Guard. Mkhedrioni And other paramilitaries Supported by: Russia
Until then, "North Ossetia" was referred to simply as Ossetia, and "South Ossetia" as Kartli or Samachablo. The term "South Ossetia" became widespread only after the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast was established within the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic by the Soviet administration under pressure from Kavburo (the Caucasian Bureau of the ...
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South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia during the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War on 29 May 1992, with its Constitution referring to the "Republic of South Ossetia". [7] [8] [9] Abkhazia declared its independence after its war with Georgia in 1992–1993. [10] Its Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1994. [11] [12]
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The 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état, also known as the Tbilisi War, or the Putsch of 1991–1992, was an internal military conflict that took place in the newly independent Republic of Georgia following the fall of the Soviet Union, from 22 December 1991 to 6 January 1992. The coup, which triggered the Georgian Civil War, pitted factions of ...