South Ossetia

noun

1. a region in N Georgia, on the S side of the Caucasus Range. 1,506 sq. mi. (3,900 sq. km).

South Ossetia

/ əˈsiːʃə /

noun

1. Georgian name: Tskhinvali. Also called: South Ossetian Autonomous Region. a disputed 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 but later lost this status under a nationwide reorganization of local government; it declared itself an independent republic in 2008 following armed conflict in the region between Russian and Georgian forces. Capital: Tskhinvali. Pop: about 70 000 (2000 est). Area: 3900 sq km (1500 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Moscow recognises the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent, while most of the world recognises them as Georgian territory.

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The separation line is not far north from here and beyond it is South Ossetia, one of two breakaway Georgian regions still under Russian military occupation.

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Ivanishvili visited Gori during the election campaign and promised an apology to the people of South Ossetia for the 2008 war, which he blamed on Saakashvili's government, rather than the Russians who bombed the city.

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In 2008, Russia and Georgia went to war over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia.

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Moscow then recognized South Ossetia and another separatist province, Abkhazia, as independent states and strengthened its military presence there.

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