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In late December 1991, the armed opposition and the rebel factions of the National Guard launched military coup in Tbilisi against Gamsakhurdia, leading to some Georgian paramilitaries departing from South Ossetia to Tbilisi. During the Tbilisi coup, violence in South Ossetia was limited to sporadic gunfire outside Tskhinvali.
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 story is about the Russo-Georgian War [4] over the Russian-backed breakaway autonomous republic of South Ossetia in Georgia, including the events leading up to the conflict. The film was released in Georgia as 5 Days of August, and in other countries as 5 Days of War and also City on Fire.
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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. 1991 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise, from top left: A destroyed Serbian T-55 tank during the Croatian War of Independence, the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars ; the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, the second ...
The war displaced 192,000 people, including 127,000 within the undisputed parts of Georgia and 65,000 within South Ossetia or from South Ossetia to North Ossetia. [28] Many were able to go back to their homes after the war, but a year later around 30,000 ethnic Georgians were still uprooted. [ 311 ]
1991 Soviet coup attempt; 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état; South Ossetia war (1991–1992) A. Battle of Ad-Dawrah; Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) Battle of Al ...