The Georgian-Ossetian conflict

The Georgian-Ossetian conflict has its roots in the 1920s, when South Ossetia was forcibly incorporated into Georgia. Opposition was brewing, and someday it had to grow into a large-scale action.

And this is despite the fact that in 1922 the All-Russian Central Executive Committee decreed to create in this republic an autonomy, which, however, according to historians, was of a nominal nature. The Georgian leadership pursued an assimilation policy: it forced the indigenous population to change their nationality in the passport, new geographical names appeared, and so on.

The Georgian-Ossetian conflict escalated in 1989, when the Council of People's Deputies, then convened in the South Ossetian region, adopted a resolution to transform it into an autonomous republic, which nevertheless remained part of Georgia. In the city of Tskhinval, numerous rallies began that demanded the official Tbilisi's repeal of this decision. Armed clashes began, as a result of which there were human casualties.

The Georgian-Ossetian conflict was also fueled by the fact that Georgia chose the path independent of the USSR, and its autonomy decided to remain in the Union. The situation was also heated because of the nationalist slogans of the leaders of the Georgian movement.

The active phase of contradictions falls on the beginning of the nineties, when the most real armed confrontation begins. And already in May 1992, the supreme power of autonomy adopts the Act, proclaiming its independence.

Being by nature typically ethnic, born aspiration of national minorities to use their right to self-determination, the Ossetian conflict in August 2008 grew into a real war. The population of Georgia had to pay dearly for the adventures of their politicians from Tbilisi, and the indigenous inhabitants of the autonomy almost exactly repeated the fate of the Abkhazian Georgians.

The Georgian-Ossetian conflict has moved into an explosive phase after Tbilisi's decision to reconsider the balance of power in Ossetia, which was helped by the victory of Saakashvili in the elections. In the speeches of the Georgian president, calls for the reunification of Georgia, for the need to abolish peaceful formats for settlement were increasingly voiced.

Negotiations ceased in 2008 ...

And on the night of August 8, the Georgian side undertook the assault on Tskhinval, firing artillery guns at the capital of South Ossetia and the surrounding areas, which resulted in the termination of many human lives. According to the Georgian official version, this was a response to the violation of the armistice regime on the part of the autonomy. On the same day, Russian peacekeepers joined the conflict. A military operation began, the purpose of which was to force the Georgian authorities to peace.

Such a stiff response from Russia was not expected either by the Georgian authorities or by Western observers.

The Georgian-Ossetian conflict of 2008 was prepared by all the logic of the previous stages, when the confrontation was "unfrozen." This explains the direct intervention of Russian peacekeepers.

Today, no one, no experts, no politicians can name the exact number killed as a result of the five-day military events of August two thousand and eight.

These five days turned into a catastrophe for Tbilisi itself. The project "United Georgia" almost completely failed. And the new round of violence on his part made integration on a peaceful basis impossible.

Over the past 17 years, Tskhinval, who has seen three wars, will hardly take seriously any proposals from Tbilisi. In addition, the country that survived the "Rose Revolution", and itself received a "gift" - about twenty thousand refugees.