South Ossetia / Хуссар Ирыстон / Южная Осетия /

South Ossetia / Хуссар Ирыстон / Khussar Iryston / Южная Осетия, Yuzhnaya Osetiya / სამხრეთ ოსეთი, Samxret Oseti 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. The Republic of South Ossetia declared its independence from Georgia in 1990. The Georgian government responded by abolishing South Ossetia’s autonomy and trying to retake the region by led to th