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South Ossetia



Хуссар Ирыстон
სამხრეთი ოსეთი
Южная Осетия

Иронау Хуссар Ирыстон — Республикæ Хуссар Ирыстон
Xussar Iryston — Respublikæ Xussar Iryston

Республикæ Хуссар Ирыстон Кавказы тæккæ астæу, Европæ æмæ Азийы ’хсæн ис. Уый ахсы Стыр Кавказы хуссар фарс æмæ Карталийнаг тыгъдады цæгаттаг хай. Административон æгъдауæй дих кæны цыппар районыл: Цхинвалы район, Дзауы район, Ленингоры район æмæ Знауыры район. Хуссар Ирыстоны промышленон, культурон æмæ административон центр у йæ сæйраг сахар — сахар Цхинвал.

ქართული სამხრეთი ოსეთი — სამხრეთ ოსეთის რესპუბლიკა
Samkhreti Oseti — Samkhret Osetis Respublika

საქართველოს დამოუკიდებლობის გამოცხადების შემდეგ საბჭოთა კავშირის მხრივ დაიწყო პროვოკაციებისა და შანტაჟის კამპანია, რომლის კულმინაციაც გახდა გორბაჩევის მუქარა პრეზიდენტ ზ.გამსახურდიასადმი: „საქართველოს საბჭოთა კავშირიდან შეუძლია გავიდეს, მაგრამ სამხრეთ ოსეთისა და აფხაზეთის გარეშე“-ო.

Русский Южная Осетия — Республика Южная Осетия
Yuzhnaya Osetiya — Respublika Yuzhnaya Osetiya

Республика Южная Осетия (осет. Республикæ Хуссар Ирыстон; груз. სამხრეთი ოსეთი /самхрэти осэти/) — Независимость Южной Осетии признана Российской Федерацией (26 августа 2008),[1] Никарагуа (3 сентября 2008),[2] а также Абхазией и некоторыми непризнанными государствами.

English South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia

South Ossetia is a self-proclaimed republic within the internationally recognized borders of Georgia, bordering on Russia (North Ossetia-Alania). Although this former Soviet autonomous oblast (region) has declared its independence and is in de facto control of a significant part of the region, South Ossetia's separation from Georgia has been recognized[3] only by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru, the partially recognized country of Abkhazia, and the unrecognized country of Transnistria and is regarded as a de jure part of the Georgian region (mkhare) of Shida Kartli. Georgia does not recognise South Ossetia as a distinct entity, instead referring to it by either the medieval name of Samachablo or, more recently, the Tskhinvali region (after the republic's capital).


Short name  South Ossetia
Official name Republic of South Ossetia
Status Unilaterally independent country, unrecognized by most UN member states
Location Caucasus
Capital Цхинвал[4](Tskhinval)
ცხინვალი
Цхинвали[5](Tskhinvali)
Population 51,000 inhabitants
Area 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi)
Major languages Ossetian, Georgian, and Russian
Major religions Russian Orthodox and Georgian Apostolic
More information South Ossetia, Geography of South Ossetia, History of South Ossetia and Politics of South Ossetia
More images South Ossetia - South Ossetia (Category).

General maps

Location of South Ossetia in Europe
Location of South Ossetia in Europe
Location of South Ossetia in Europe
Map of South Ossetia within the Caucasus region
Map of South Ossetia within the Caucasus region
Map of South Ossetia within the Caucasus region
Map of South Ossetia within the Caucasus region
Map of South Ossetia within the Caucasus region
Map of South Ossetia and North Ossetia
Map of South Ossetia and North Ossetia
Map of South Ossetia
Map of South Ossetia
Map of South Ossetia
Map of South Ossetia
Flag map of South Ossetia
Flag map of South Ossetia
Flag map of South Ossetia
Flag map of South Ossetia
Rayons of South Ossetia
Rayons (yellow, numbered) and the capital city (red) of the Republic of South Ossetia. The borders according to the Soviet ones. Rayons: 1. Dzau rayon. 2. Znaur rayon. 3. Tskhinval rayon. 4. Leningor rayon. The better part of the Leningor rayon is controlled by the central Georgian authorities, while most of the other territories are controlled by the separatist government in Tskhinval.
Topographic map of South Ossetia
Blank map of South Ossetia
Blank map of South Ossetia
Blank map of South Ossetia
Blank map of South Ossetia

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day South Ossetia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day South Ossetia.

Indo-Iranian origins
Achaemenid Persian Empire in 500 BC
Sarmatians in Caucasus, 5th-4th century BC
Sarmatians in 323 BC
Sarmatian tribes in 200 BC
Scythia and Sarmatia in 100 BC
Map showing distribution of speakers of Scytho-Sarmatian languages, c. 100 BCE.
Ancient Scythia and Sarmatia (map from 1598)
Alans in 200 BC - 100 AD
Alans in 100 BC
Alans in the first century BC
Alan state of Yancai (Alanliao) in the first century BC
Alans in ancient Sarmatia (map from 1770)
Alans in ancient Sarmatia (map in the Serbian language from 1794)
Alans in 1 AD
Alans in 200 AD
Alans in 400 AD
Alans in 500 AD
Alans in 565 AD
Alans in 565 AD
Sassanid Persian Empire, 226-651 AD
Sassanid Persian Empire at its greatest extent. ca. 610 CE.
Sassanid Persian Empire
Sassanid Persian Empire
Sassanid Persian Empire
Alans in 650 AD
Alans in 700 AD
Alans within Khazaria in 750 AD
Alans within Khazaria in 850 AD
Alania in 900 AD
Alania in 1000 AD
Alania in 1060 AD
Borders of modern North Ossetia (Alania) and South Ossetia compared with borders of medieval Alania (10th-12th century) - according to Ossetian historian Ruslan Suleymanovich Bzarov.
Alania in 1090 AD
South Ossetia within Persia in the 16th-18th century
South Ossetia within Persia (1723-1735)
South Ossetia within Persia (1736-1802)
Russian border in Caucasus, 1801-1878
South Ossetia within Persia before the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813
Ethnic Ossetians in the Gubernia of Tiflis in 1902
South Ossetia and Trialetian Ossetia in 1922
South Ossetia in 1922
South Ossetia in 1928
South Ossetia within Soviet Union (1952-1991)
South Ossetia in 1956
South Ossetia in 1957-1991
South Ossetia in 1993
South Ossetia in 1993
South Ossetia in 2007
South Ossetia in 2007
South Ossetia before 2008 war
South Ossetia before 2008 war
South Ossetia before 2008 war
Detailed map of South Ossetia before 2008 war
Situation before Tskhinvali battle
2008 South Ossetia war
2008 South Ossetia war
2008 South Ossetia war
Entry of Russian troops into South Ossetia during the 2008 South Ossetia war
Map of the main conflict zone in South Ossetia, 8 August 2008

Ethnic, linguistic and religion maps

  Ethnic map of South Ossetia within the Caucasus region
  Ethnic Ossetians within the Caucasus region
  Ethnic Ossetians within the Caucasus region
  Iranian languages
  Iranian languages
  Status of Iranian languages
  Religions in the Caucasus region

Districts

  Tskhinval Disctrict
  Tskhinval Disctrict
  Tskhinval Disctrict
  Leningor Disctrict
  Leningor Disctrict
  Leningor Disctrict
  Dzau Disctrict
  Dzau Disctrict
  Dzau Disctrict
  Znaur Disctrict
  Znaur Disctrict
  Znaur Disctrict

Politics

  Map of United Ossetia
  Map of United Ossetia

Other maps

  Geological map of South Ossetia
  Mountain ranges and hydrography of South Ossetia

Georgian context of South Ossetia

  South Ossetia in Georgia

Notes and references

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  1. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26.08.2008 № 1260 archive copy at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Лента.ру: Никарагуа признала независимость Абхазии и Южной Осетии
  3. International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
  4. Romanization: Tskhinval
  5. Romanization of Russian according to the BGN/PCGN standard: Tskhinvali. Another used romanization is the ISO 9 standard.

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