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Ossetia (/ɒˈsɛtiə/ o-SET-ee-ə, less common: /ɒˈsiːʃə/ o-SEE-shə; Ossetian: Ирыстон or Ир, romanized:
Iryston or Ir,...
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South Ossetia (/ɒˈsɛtiə/ o-SET-ee-ə, less common: /ɒˈsiːʃə/ o-SEE-shə),
officially the
Republic of
South Ossetia or the
State of Alania, is a partially...
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North Ossetia (Russian: Северная Осетия, romanized: Severnaya Osetiya; Ossetian: Цæгат Ирыстон/Иристон, romanized: Cægat Iryston/Iriston), officially...
- The
president of the
Republic of
South Ossetia (Ossetian: Хуссар Ирыстоны президент, Russian: Президент Южной Осетии) is the de
facto head of
state of...
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Russian Federation and the Russian-backed
separatist regions of
South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The
fighting took
place in the
strategically important South...
- The Flag of
Ossetia is a
tricolor flag, top to
bottom white, red, and yellow, used by the
Ossetian people in
Ossetia, a
region spanning both
sides of the...
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Ossetian homeland of
Ossetia is
politically divided between North Ossetia–Alania in Russia, and the de
facto country of
South Ossetia (recognized by the...
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Abkhazia and the
Republic of
South Ossetia.
Before Russian occupation, the
unrecognized republics of
Abkhazia and
South Ossetia did not
completely control their...
- ethno-political
conflict over Georgia's
former autonomous region of
South Ossetia,
which evolved in 1989 and
developed into a war.
Despite a
declared ceasefire...
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dominant in
North Ossetia,
which is part of Russia.
South Ossetia separated itself from
Georgia following the 1991–1992
South Ossetia War with the help...