South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia in 1990, calling itself the Republic of South Ossetia. The Georgian government responded by abolishing South Ossetia's autonomy and trying to re-establish its control over the region by force. The crisis escalation led to the 1991–92 South Ossetia War. Georgian fighting against those controlling South Ossetia occurred on two other occasions, in 2004 and 2008. The latter conflict led to the Russia–Georgia war, during which Ossetian and Russian forces gained full de facto control of the territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast.
The 1991–1992 South Ossetian War (also known as the First South Ossetian war) was fought as part of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict between Georgian government forces and ethnic Georgian militia on one side and the forces of South Ossetia and ethnic Ossetian militia who wanted South Ossetia to secede from Georgia and become an independent state, supported by individual Russian troops, on the other. The war ended with a Russian-brokered ceasefire, signed on 24 June 1992, which established a joint peacekeeping force and left South Ossetia divided between the rivaling authorities.
Background
Following the breakdown of the Tsarist regime in Russia, South Ossetians allied with the Russian Bolsheviks, fighting a war against the newly independent Menshevik Georgia. Initially Georgia was successful, but in 1921, the Red Army conquered the country. South Ossetia became an autonomous oblast in the Soviet republic of Georgia. During the Soviet period, relations between ethnic Ossetians and Georgians were peaceful, with a high rate of interaction and intermarriages.
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Georgian War, 2008: What Really Happened?? (Documentary)
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Inside Story - South Ossetia - 10 Aug 08 - Part 1
Inside Story asks who the likely winners and losers are in the conflict over South Ossetia and who has the power to bring it to an end.
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The fighting in 2008 ended with triumph for Russia and humiliation for Georgia.
Several hundred people were killed in the conflict, and thousands of ethnic Georgians displaced.
Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports from Georgia's boundary with South Ossetia.
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Russian-Georgian naval clash. South Ossetia war (2008)
Sea battle off the coast of Abkhazia.
On the evening of 10 August a naval skirmish between Russian and Georgian forces took place. The Russian Nanuchka III class corvette Mirazh (Mirage) probably sank one Georgian patrol cutter with two Malakhit (SS-N-9) anti-ship missiles. This was the Russian Navy's first real sea battle since 1945. The Russians claimed that Georgian ships had violated the security zone of the Black Sea Fleet and therefore the action was in self-defense in accordance with international law. Following the action, the remaining Georgian ships withdrew to a nearby harbour.
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Act of War: 5 years after South Ossetian conflict (RT Documentary)
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Combat Footage - Russians in Georgia, 2008.
The Russo-Georgian War...combat action in Ossetia. August 2008
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The fighting in 2008 ended with triumph for Russia and humiliation for Georgia.
Several hundred people were killed in the conflict, and thousands of ethnic Georgians displaced.
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The fighting in 2008 ended with triumph for Russia and humiliation for Georgia.
Several hundred people were killed in the conflict, and thousands of ethnic Georgians displaced.
Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports from Georgia's boundary with South Ossetia.
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Sea battle off the coast of Abkhazia.
On the evening of 10 August a naval skirmish between Russian and Georgian forces took place. The Russian Nanuchka III c...
Sea battle off the coast of Abkhazia.
On the evening of 10 August a naval skirmish between Russian and Georgian forces took place. The Russian Nanuchka III class corvette Mirazh (Mirage) probably sank one Georgian patrol cutter with two Malakhit (SS-N-9) anti-ship missiles. This was the Russian Navy's first real sea battle since 1945. The Russians claimed that Georgian ships had violated the security zone of the Black Sea Fleet and therefore the action was in self-defense in accordance with international law. Following the action, the remaining Georgian ships withdrew to a nearby harbour.
Sea battle off the coast of Abkhazia.
On the evening of 10 August a naval skirmish between Russian and Georgian forces took place. The Russian Nanuchka III class corvette Mirazh (Mirage) probably sank one Georgian patrol cutter with two Malakhit (SS-N-9) anti-ship missiles. This was the Russian Navy's first real sea battle since 1945. The Russians claimed that Georgian ships had violated the security zone of the Black Sea Fleet and therefore the action was in self-defense in accordance with international law. Following the action, the remaining Georgian ships withdrew to a nearby harbour.
RT's Oksana Boyko tells the story of the Georgia-Ossetia War of 2008. Meet the people affected by the offensive and the theater that Georgian President Mikhail ...
RT's Oksana Boyko tells the story of the Georgia-Ossetia War of 2008. Meet the people affected by the offensive and the theater that Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili created and how his act was perceived by the world. And hear the recollections of Dmitry Medvedev about the biggest challenge he faced during his tenure as President of Russia.
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The fighting in 2008 ended with triumph for Russia and humiliation for Georgia.
Several hundred people were killed in the conflict, and thousands of ethnic Georgians displaced.
Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports from Georgia's boundary with South Ossetia.
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RT's Oksana Boyko tells the story of the Georgia-Ossetia War of 2008. Meet the people affected by the offensive and the theater that Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili created and how his act was perceived by the world. And hear the recollections of Dmitry Medvedev about the biggest challenge he faced during his tenure as President of Russia.
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South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia in 1990, calling itself the Republic of South Ossetia. The Georgian government responded by abolishing South Ossetia's autonomy and trying to re-establish its control over the region by force. The crisis escalation led to the 1991–92 South Ossetia War. Georgian fighting against those controlling South Ossetia occurred on two other occasions, in 2004 and 2008. The latter conflict led to the Russia–Georgia war, during which Ossetian and Russian forces gained full de facto control of the territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast.
Moscow has long supported it and another breakaway Georgian region, South Ossetia, and recognised them as independent after winning a five-day war against Georgia in 2008.
The 2008 war with Russia underscored Georgia’s vulnerability, as Moscow’s recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent territories left the nation grappling with ongoing territorial disputes.
In August 2008, Russia and Georgia had a brief war, after which Moscow declared the independence of South Ossetia and another breakaway province, Abkhazia, and established an armed base there.
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— Reuters. MOSCOW ... Protesters had occupied the parliament in protest at an investment agreement with Moscow ... Russia recognised Abkhazia and another breakaway region, South Ossetia, as independent states in 2008 after defeating Georgia in a five-day war.
MOSCOW ... He said he planned to run in that election ... “We have a president, we have laws ... Russia recognised Abkhazia and another breakaway region, South Ossetia, as independent states in 2008 after defeating Georgia in a five-day war ... .