South Ossetia - Wikipedia
It has an officially stated population of just over 56,500 people (2022), who live in an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), with 33,000 living in the capital city, Tskhinvali. As of 2024, …
Ossetians - Wikipedia
Currently, the Ossetian homeland of Ossetia is politically divided between North Ossetia–Alania in Russia, and the de facto country of South Ossetia (recognized by the United Nations as …
South Ossetia | Map, History, & Recognition | Britannica
Jan 7, 2025 · South Ossetia, autonomous republic in Georgia that declared independence in 2008. Only a few countries--most notably Russia, which maintains a military presence in South …
South Ossetia: Old Territory, New Problems - GeoHistory
Jan 24, 2015 · South Ossetia is almost wholly Orthodox Christian, with very small minorities of Jews and Muslims. The entire region is desperately poor, with what little economic activity that …
OSSETIANS - Facts and Details
Ossetians are an ethnic group that live in live in South Ossetia on the southern side of the Caucasus mountains in central Georgia and North Ossetia in southern Russia. Descendants …
Georgia: Abkhazia and South Ossetia | The Princeton …
The conflicts related to the two separatist regions in Georgia—Abkhazia and South Ossetia—has its origins in Soviet and pre-Soviet politics in the (South) Caucasus. In total, over 80 ethnic …
South Ossetia - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
South Ossetia (/ ɒ ˈ s ɛ t j ə /, less commonly / ɒ ˈ s iː ʃ ə /), [4] officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, [5] [6] or the Tskhinvali Region, is a de facto, [7] disputed …
South Ossetia profile - BBC News
Oct 25, 2024 · South Ossetia is inhabited mostly by Ossetians, who speak a language distantly related to Persian. Most ethnic Georgians have been displaced from the region by the fighting. …
Religion in South Ossetia - Wikipedia
South Ossetia, like Abkhazia, has historically fallen between the ecclesiastical jurisdictions of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Georgian Orthodox Church. [8] Both the Russian Church …
BBC News - Regions and territories: South Ossetia
Apr 25, 2012 · South Ossetia is inhabited mostly by Ossetians who speak a language remotely related to Persian. Georgians account for less than one-third of the population.