20 September 1990 – South Ossetia declares independence. The republic remained unrecognized, yet it detached itself from Georgiade facto. In the last years of theSoviet Union,ethnic tensions between Ossetians andGeorgians in Georgia's formerAutonomous Oblast of South Ossetia (abolished in 1990) and between Ossetians and theIngush in North Ossetia evolved into violent clashes that left several hundred dead and wounded and created a large tide of refugees on both sides.[11][12][13]
Although a Russian-mediated andOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe-monitoredceasefire was implemented in South Ossetia in 1992, theGeorgian-Ossetian conflict[14] still remains unresolved even though a recent peace plan proposed by the government of Georgia promised the South Ossetians largerautonomy and pledged expanded international involvement in the political settlement of the conflict. Meanwhile, the South Ossetiansecessionist authorities demand independence or unification with North Ossetia, which itself is located inRussia, while the international community instead recognizes it andAbkhazia as a part of Georgia.[15]
On Sunday 12 November 2006, South Ossetians (mostly ethnicOssetians) went to the polls to vote in areferendum regarding the region's independence from Georgia.[16][17] The result was a "yes" to independence, with a turnout above 95% from those among the territory's 70,000 people who were eligible to vote at that time.[18] There was also a vote in favor of a new term forEduard Kokoity, who was thede facto state's president at the time.
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^Human Rights Watch (2009).Up in flames : humanitarian law violations and civilian victims in the conflict over South Ossetia. Jane Buchanan. New York: Human Rights Watch.ISBN978-1564324276.OCLC309296228.
