Ossetia
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
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What would the implications of that commitment have been in 2008, during the Russo-Georgian war in Ossetia?
Take John McCain’s Russia Advice and You Might Get Another Cold War | Michael Tomasky | March 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGeorgia lost the war in 2008 and Russia still occupies Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Three years after a short war between Russia and Georgia for control of the region, South Ossetia reveals its unhealed scars.
The Moscow-appointed administrator for South Ossetia, Vitaly Denisov, looked tired the other day.
Since Dzhioyeva's election, Russia has increased South Ossetia's isolation.
British Dictionary definitions for Ossetia
/ (ɒˈsiːtjə, ɒˈsɛtjə) /
a region of central Asia, in the Caucasus: consists administratively of the North Ossetian Republic in Russia and South Ossetia (formerly an Autonomous Region) in Georgia
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