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  • proper noun The capital city of South Ossetia.

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  • TSKHINVALI -- Dozens of construction workers have gone on strike in Tskhinvali because of unpaid wages, RFE/RL's Georgian Service reports.

    Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 2010

  • TSKHINVALI -- Dozens of construction workers have gone on strike in Tskhinvali because of unpaid wages, RFE/RL's Georgian Service reports.

    Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 2010

  • The OSCE mission in Tskhinvali functioned till we had to evacuate the staff, which was on August 8.

    22 « August « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • The OSCE mission in Tskhinvali functioned till we had to evacuate the staff, which was on August 8.

    georgia – state of play 2008

  • Russia has claimed that Georgia committed genocide in Tskhinvali.

    Archive 2008-08-01 2008

  • They say it was the Georgians that started this conflict by shelling Tskhinvali, which is the capital of that breakaway province of Southern Ossetia.

    CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2008 2008

  • Another really problematic place is Tskhinvali, which is the capital of that breakaway province of southern Ossetia which saw some amazingly harsh fighting over the past couple of days, especially in the early days of the conflict.

    CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2008 2008

  • There have been fierce fighting for control of the main town called Tskhinvali (ph).

    CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2008 2008

  • Witnesses say they have seen Georgian prisoners clearing rubble and rubbish from the streets of Tskhinvali, which is now completely under the control of Russian forces.

    Ossetians Jail Georgian Civilians 2008

  • Now, as he said, the Georgian forces are saying that their forces, their combat troops, have moved out of the city of Tskhinvali, which is of course, the capital of that breakaway province of southern Ossetia.

    CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2008 2008

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