South Ossetia Timeline of Events

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South Ossetia

South Ossetia or Tskhinvali Region is a disputed region and partly recognized state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....

Timeline of Events

1990

9.20.1990

South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.

1991

11.28.1991

South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.

2006

11.12.2006

The region of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.

2008

8.7.2008

Georgia launches a military offensive against South Ossetia to counter the alleged Russian invasion, starting the South Ossetia War.

8.26.2008

Russia unilaterally recognizes the independence of the former Georgian breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia.