South Ossetia war (1991–1992)
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The 1991–1992 South Ossetia War (also known as the First South Ossetia War) was fought between Georgian government forces and ethnic Georgian militias on one side and the forces of South Ossetian separatists and Russia on the other. The war ended with a Dagomys Agreement, signed on 24 June 1992, which established a joint peacekeeping force and left South Ossetia divided between the rival authorities.
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Part of Georgian–Ossetian conflict, Georgian Civil War, and Dissolution of the Soviet Union | |||||||
Map of South Ossetia after the war, showing territories under Georgian and under South Ossetian separatist control | |||||||
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Georgia | (1992) | ||||||
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Approximately 1,000 fatalities overall[5] |
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