Conflict coverage · South Caucasus

The South Ossetia war

Jan 1991 – Jun 1992Key eventSouth Ossetia / Tskhinvali region

MilitaryTerritorial changeGeorgia / Abkhazia / South Ossetia

Fighting between Georgian forces and South Ossetian separatists over the former autonomous oblast kills around a thousand and displaces tens of thousands in both directions. The June 1992 Sochi agreement ends the fighting with a Russian-led mixed peacekeeping format and the region outside Tbilisi's control.

Why it mattersThe first of the succession wars to freeze: a de facto entity, a displaced population, and Russian peacekeepers institutionalised on Georgian territory — the arrangement 2008 would detonate.

Confidence: HighSources: Established historical recordMethodology Corrections

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Georgian territoriesThe wars of the early 1990s

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South Ossetia

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Georgian forces · atlasParticipanthigh confidence

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