South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
Autonomous region of the Soviet Union within the Georgian SSR from 1922 to 1990 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast (Russian: Юго-Осетинская автономная область; Georgian: სამხრეთ ოსეთის ავტონომიური ოლქი, romanized: samkhret osetis avt'onomiuri olki; Ossetian: Хуссар Ирыстоны автономон бӕстӕ, romanized: Xuššâr Ireštone Âvtonomon bašta) was an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union created within the Georgian SSR on April 20, 1922. Its autonomy was revoked on December 11, 1990 by the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR after illegally holding rival elections, leading to the First South Ossetian War. Currently, its territory is controlled by the breakaway Republic of South Ossetia.[1]
South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast | |||||||||||
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Autonomous oblast of the Georgian SSR | |||||||||||
1922–1990 | |||||||||||
Map of the Georgian SSR, 1957–1990. The South Ossetian AO is in the middle, highlighted in yellow. | |||||||||||
Capital | Tskhinvali | ||||||||||
• Type | Autonomous Oblast | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 30 April 1922 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 10 December 1990 | ||||||||||
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The population of the South Ossetian AO consisted mostly of ethnic Ossetians, who made up roughly 66% of the 100,000 people living there in 1989, and Georgians, who constituted a further 29% of the population as of 1989.