South Ossetian Autonomous Region

noun

an autonomous region of the Georgian Republic, in the N part. 1,428 sq. mi. (3,900 sq. km). : Tskhinvali.

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Fears are widespread that Moscow is creating a pretext for a military crackdown by inflaming unrest in the South Ossetian Autonomous Region, an ethnic enclave created for the Ossetians as a reward for their political loyalty after the Bolsheviks took control of the republic in 1921.

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