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Event
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Duration
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Two years
Event Type
War
Participants
Names of individuals or groups participating in the event
Georgia, Russia, South Ossetia
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Title
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South Ossetian War
Subject
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Georgia, Part 5
Creator
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Group 5
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2006-2008
Description
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South Ossetia is an autonomous republic in Georgia that declared independence in 2008. Only a few countries – in particular, Russia, which maintains a military presence in South Ossetia – recognize its independence.
Heavy fighting broke out between Ossetia and Georgia after the latter declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, and forced thousands to flee to South Ossetia. In 1992 its breakaway status remained unresolved, beginning a stalemate that led up to to an unofficial referendum in late 2006 which emphasized South Ossetian desire for independence from Georgia. Although not recognized by the international community, hostilities between South Ossetia and Georgia – and Georgia and Russia – quickly escalated in August 2008 when Georgian troops engaged with local separatist fighters and Russian troops who had been sent to protect Russian citizens in the region.
Most recently, when the map featuring the world’s countries was displayed on the floor of the Olympic Ceremonies in Sochi, a cloud hid the region’s territories and their boundaries from view, drawing criticism from Georgia as a Russian attempt to avoid angering Georgia.
Source
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“Georgia Marks South Ossetia War Anniversary.” Accessed February 18, 2014. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/08/20138811335665683.html.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "South Ossetia," accessed February 18, 2014, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/556319/South-Ossetia.
Assignment: Trajectories
Geography
Georgia
Military conflict