South Ossetian

And, you know, when they talk about South Ossetian separatists and say "South Ossetian tank," what kind of South Ossetian tank can live there?

CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2008 2008

You know, what kind of South Ossetian soldiers are that?

CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2008 2008

After three days of intense combat, the Russian troops, fighting alongside South Ossetian militias, pushed the Georgians back, clearing Tskhinvali by the end of August 10, and controlling the whole of South Ossetia by late August 11.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

From the top, Adam Bartnicki, a European military monitor, studies military movements on the South Ossetian side of a ceasefire line.

Russia-Georgia Relations Remain Frozen Three Years After Shooting War 2011

An agreement was negotiated, under which South Ossetia achieved de facto autonomy, and peacekeepers commanded by a Joint Control Commission, made up of Georgian, Russian, and South Ossetian representatives, were stationed in the region, along with OSCE monitors.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

They could have annexed the South Ossetian and Abkhaz enclaves years earlier, before Saakashvili started modernizing his army.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

From the top, Adam Bartnicki, a European military monitor, studies military movements on the South Ossetian side of a ceasefire line.

Russia-Georgia Relations Remain Frozen Three Years After Shooting War 2011

South Ossetian militias marauded within the Russian controlled areas, looting and burning Georgian villages and terrorizing the local population.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Backers of the disqualified winner called for a mass meeting in the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali on Wednesday, Russian news services reported.

Vote Deals a Blow to Kremlin Alan Cullison 2011

Finally, on August 7, 2008, he sent about 12,000 heavily armed troops back to the South Ossetian border.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011