South Ossetia

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breakaway region de facto state disputed territory partially recognized state

South Ossetia is a disputed, partially recognized region in the South Caucasus that declared independence from Georgia and has close political and military ties with Russia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Republic of South Ossetia 2
South Ossetian de facto authorities 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf breakaway region ⓘ
de facto state ⓘ
disputed territory ⓘ
partially recognized state ⓘ
borderedBy Georgia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
capital Tskhinvali ⓘ
claimedBy Georgia ⓘ
consideredByMostStatesAs part of Georgia ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
currency Russian ruble ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom Georgia ⓘ
deFactoIndependenceSupportedBy Russia ⓘ
ethnicMajority Ossetians ⓘ
ethnicMinority Georgians ⓘ
hasCloseMilitaryTiesWith Russia ⓘ
hasClosePoliticalTiesWith Russia ⓘ
hasDeFactoBorderControlBy Russia ⓘ
hasDeFactoControlBy Russia ⓘ
hasGovernmentType de facto presidential republic ⓘ
hasInternationalStatus partially recognized republic ⓘ
hasMilitaryPresenceOf Russia ⓘ
hasParliament Parliament of South Ossetia ⓘ
hasPeacekeepingForcesFrom Russia ⓘ
hasPresidentTitle President of South Ossetia ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionThrough Roki Tunnel ⓘ
hasSecurityGuaranteesFrom Russia ⓘ
involvedInConflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict ⓘ
involvedInWar Russo-Georgian War 2008 ⓘ
surface form: Russo–Georgian War
largestCity Tskhinvali ⓘ
locatedIn Caucasus ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
officialLanguage Ossetian language ⓘ
surface form: Ossetian

Russian ⓘ
partOf Georgia ⓘ
recognizedBy Nauru ⓘ
Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
religionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
RokiTunnelConnectsTo North Ossetia ⓘ
surface form: North Ossetia–Alania
separatistMovement Ossetian separatism ⓘ
sovereigntyDisputedBy Georgia ⓘ
UNStatus not a member of the United Nations ⓘ
usesLegalSystemOf Russia ⓘ
usesScriptForOssetian Cyrillic ⓘ
usesTimeZone Moscow Time ⓘ
warOccurredInYear 2008 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ossetians → associatedDeFactoEntity → South Ossetia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of South Ossetia
Shida Kartli → bordersRegion → South Ossetia ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Ossetian de facto authorities
Russo-Georgian War 2008 → conflictOver → South Ossetia ⓘ
South Ossetian forces → country → South Ossetia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of South Ossetia
EUMM Georgia → excludesArea → South Ossetia ⓘ
South Caucasus → hasConflictRegion → South Ossetia ⓘ
Ossetian language → hasOfficialStatusIn → South Ossetia ⓘ
Russo-Georgian War 2008 → locatedIn → South Ossetia ⓘ
city of Gori → nearConflictZone → South Ossetia ⓘ
subject surface form: Gori
South Ossetian forces → operatesIn → South Ossetia ⓘ
Ossetian language → primaryRegion → South Ossetia ⓘ
Kartvelian languages → spokenIn → South Ossetia ⓘ
Ирон (Iron) → spokenIn → South Ossetia ⓘ
subject surface form: Ирон
Ossetians → traditionalRegion → South Ossetia ⓘ
Иронтæ (Ironte) → usedInRegion → South Ossetia ⓘ
subject surface form: Иронтæ