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South Ossetia, [a] officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, [7] is a partially recognised [8] landlocked country in the South Caucasus. [9] It has an officially stated population of just over 56,500 people (2022), who live in an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), with 33,000 living in the capital city, Tskhinvali.
Map showing North and South Ossetia. Ossetia (/ ɒ ˈ s ɛ t i ə / ⓘ o-SET-ee-ə, less common: / ɒ ˈ s iː ʃ ə / ⓘ o-SEE-shə; Ossetian: Ирыстон or Ир, romanized: Iryston or Ir, pronounced) is an ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians.
Belarusian lawmakers visited Abkhazia and South Ossetia in late 2009 to study the situation and decide to postpone decision to spring 2010. [143] South Ossetia asked for a symmetrical approach between them and Abkhazia. [144] In 2021, an OSCE expert estimated that Belarus might be one of the next countries to recognise Abkhazia. [145]
Following the Russian revolution, [3] the area of modern South Ossetia became part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia. [4] In 1918, conflict began between the landless Ossetian peasants living in Shida Kartli (Interior Georgia), who were influenced by Bolshevism and demanded ownership of the lands they worked, and the Menshevik government backed ethnic Georgian aristocrats, who were legal ...
On 22 July 2018, during the state visit of President Anatoly Bibilov to Damascus, South Ossetia and Syria have signed an agreement on establishing diplomatic ties. [7] [8] [9] Turkey — South Ossetia and Turkey have no official relations. In 2019, South Ossetia named a representative for Turkey. [10] In 2020, the representative died.
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English: Map of location and division in South Ossetia until 2008 Russo-Georgian War. Date: ... If the file has been modified from its original state, some details ...