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interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suid-Osseti%C3%AB" title="Suid-Ossetië – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Suid-Ossetië" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%B0%E1%89%A1%E1%89%A5_%E1%8A%A6%E1%88%A4%E1%89%B5%E1%8B%AB-%E1%8A%A0%E1%88%8B%E1%8A%92%E1%8B%AB" title="ደቡብ ኦሤትያ-አላኒያ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ደቡብ ኦሤትያ-አላኒያ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="दक्षिण ओस्सेटिया – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="दक्षिण ओस्सेटिया" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8B%D2%B5_%D0%A3%D0%B0%D4%A5%D1%81%D1%82%D3%99%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Аахыҵ Уаԥстәыла – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Аахыҵ Уаԥстәыла" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="أوسيتيا الجنوبية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أوسيتيا الجنوبية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetia_d%27o_Sud" title="Osetia d'o Sud – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Osetia d'o Sud" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oss%C3%A8tia_du_Mi%C3%A9-jorn-Alania" title="Ossètia du Mié-jorn-Alania – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Ossètia du Mié-jorn-Alania" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetia_del_Sur" title="Osetia del Sur – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Osetia del Sur" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%93%D1%8C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Бакъда Гьиристан – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Бакъда Гьиристан" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C9%99nubi_Osetiya" title="Cənubi Osetiya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Cənubi Osetiya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="جنوبی اوستیا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جنوبی اوستیا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="দক্ষিণ ওশেটিয়া – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="দক্ষিণ ওশেটিয়া" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A2m_Ossetia" title="Lâm Ossetia – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lâm Ossetia" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D2%A1_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Көньяҡ Осетия – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Көньяҡ Осетия" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Паўднёвая Асеція – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Паўднёвая Асеція" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%90%D1%81%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Паўднёвая Асэтыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Паўднёвая Асэтыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habagatan_na_Osetya" title="Habagatan na Osetya – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Habagatan na Osetya" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Южна Осетия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Южна Осетия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCdossetien" title="Südossetien – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Südossetien" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEna_Osetija" title="Južna Osetija – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Južna Osetija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetia_ar_Su" title="Osetia ar Su – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Osetia ar Su" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Урда Осети – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Урда Осети" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oss%C3%A8tia_del_Sud" title="Ossètia del Sud – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ossètia del Sud" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habagatang_Ossetia" title="Habagatang Ossetia – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Habagatang Ossetia" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%BEn%C3%AD_Osetie" title="Jižní Osetie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jižní Osetie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Osetia" title="De Osetia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="De Osetia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydossetien" title="Sydossetien – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sydossetien" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCdossetien" title="Südossetien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Südossetien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B5una-Osseetia" title="Lõuna-Osseetia – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lõuna-Osseetia" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%9F%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Νότια Οσσετία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νότια Οσσετία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="South Ossetia" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Лембеёнксонь Осетия Мастор – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Лембеёнксонь Осетия Мастор" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetia_del_Sur" title="Osetia del Sur – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Osetia del Sur" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud-Osetio" title="Sud-Osetio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sud-Osetio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hego_Osetia" title="Hego Osetia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Hego Osetia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="اوستیای جنوبی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اوستیای جنوبی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%C3%B0urossetia" title="Suðurossetia – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Suðurossetia" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oss%C3%A9tie_du_Sud-Alanie" title="Ossétie du Sud-Alanie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ossétie du Sud-Alanie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ois%C3%A9it_Theas" title="An Oiséit Theas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Oiséit Theas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetia_Yiass" title="Ossetia Yiass – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Ossetia Yiass" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9C%C3%BClen_Osetiya" title="Üülen Osetiya – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Üülen Osetiya" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os%C3%A0idea_a_Deas" title="Osàidea a Deas – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Osàidea a Deas" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetia_do_Sur" title="Osetia do Sur – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Osetia do Sur" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A0m_Ossetia" title="Nàm Ossetia – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Nàm Ossetia" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%A8%EC%98%A4%EC%84%B8%ED%8B%B0%EC%95%BC" title="남오세티야 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="남오세티야" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%95%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Հարավային Օսիայի Հանրապետություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հարավային Օսիայի Հանրապետություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="दक्षिण ओसेतिया – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="दक्षिण ओसेतिया" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEna_Osetiska" title="Južna Osetiska – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Južna Osetiska" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEna_Osetija" title="Južna Osetija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Južna Osetija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud-Osetia" title="Sud-Osetia – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Sud-Osetia" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abagatan_nga_Osetia" title="Abagatan nga Osetia – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Abagatan nga Osetia" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetia_Selatan%E2%80%93Alania" title="Ossetia Selatan–Alania – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ossetia Selatan–Alania" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetia_del_Sud" title="Ossetia del Sud – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Ossetia del Sud" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud-Ossetia" title="Sud-Ossetia – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Sud-Ossetia" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%98%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Хуссар Ирыстон – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Хуссар Ирыстон" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%C3%B0ur-Osset%C3%ADa" title="Suður-Ossetía – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Suður-Ossetía" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossezia_del_Sud" title="Ossezia del Sud – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ossezia del Sud" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%94" title="דרום אוסטיה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דרום אוסטיה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oss%C3%A9tia_Kidul" title="Ossétia Kidul – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Ossétia Kidul" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B7%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A3_%E0%B2%92%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF" title="ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಒಸ್ಸೆಟಿಯ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಒಸ್ಸೆಟಿಯ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8A%D1%8B%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Къыбыла Тегей Республика – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Къыбыла Тегей Республика" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%97_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="სამხრეთ ოსეთის რესპუბლიკა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სამხრეთ ოსეთის რესპუბლიკა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D2%A3%D1%82%D2%AF%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Оңтүстік Осетия – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Оңтүстік Осетия" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseti_Dhyhow" title="Osseti Dhyhow – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Osseti Dhyhow" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetiya_y%E2%80%99Amajyepfo" title="Osetiya y’Amajyepfo – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Osetiya y’Amajyepfo" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetia_Kusini" title="Osetia Kusini – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Osetia Kusini" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B2_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Лунвыв Осетия – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Лунвыв Осетия" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C5%9F%C3%BBr%C3%AA_Alanistan%C3%AA" title="Başûrê Alanistanê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Başûrê Alanistanê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%87%D3%B9%D0%B2%D3%93%D0%BB_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Кечӹвӓл Осети – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Кечӹвӓл Осети" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lbe mw-list-item"><a href="https://lbe.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Кьилвалул Осетия – Lak" lang="lbe" hreflang="lbe" data-title="Кьилвалул Осетия" data-language-autonym="Лакку" data-language-local-name="Lak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лакку</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetia_Meridionalis" title="Ossetia Meridionalis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ossetia Meridionalis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dienvidosetija" title="Dienvidosetija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Dienvidosetija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8C%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Кьиблепатан Осетия – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Кьиблепатан Осетия" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C5%B3_Osetija" title="Pietų Osetija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pietų Osetija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuid-Osseti%C3%AB" title="Zuid-Ossetië – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Zuid-Ossetië" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossezzia_del_Sud" title="Ossezzia del Sud – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Ossezzia del Sud" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9l-Osz%C3%A9tia" title="Dél-Oszétia – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dél-Oszétia" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="दक्षिण ओसेटिया – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="दक्षिण ओसेटिया" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Јужна Осетија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јужна Осетија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%94setia_Atsimo" title="Ôsetia Atsimo – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Ôsetia Atsimo" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%97%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF" title="സൗത്ത് ഒസ്സെഷ്യ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="സൗത്ത് ഒസ്സെഷ്യ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossezja_t%27Isfel" title="Ossezja t'Isfel – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Ossezja t'Isfel" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="दक्षिण ओसेशिया – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="दक्षिण ओसेशिया" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AA%E1%83%AE%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ცხინვალიშ რეგიონი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ცხინვალიშ რეგიონი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87" title="اوسيتيا الجنوبيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اوسيتيا الجنوبيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="جنوبی اوستیا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="جنوبی اوستیا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetia_Selatan" title="Ossetia Selatan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Ossetia Selatan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A0ng_Ossetia" title="Nàng Ossetia – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Nàng Ossetia" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%A8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D3%A9%D0%B4_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Өмнөд Осети – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Өмнөд Осети" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuid-Osseti%C3%AB" title="Zuid-Ossetië – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zuid-Ossetië" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BC%C3%BCdossetie" title="Süüdossetie – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Süüdossetie" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E3%82%AA%E3%82%BB%E3%83%81%E3%82%A2" title="南オセチア – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="南オセチア" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%A5%D3%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%87%D0%BE%D1%8C" title="Къилба ХӀирийчоь – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Къилба ХӀирийчоь" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BC%C3%BCdoseetien" title="Süüdoseetien – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Süüdoseetien" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8r-Ossetia" title="Sør-Ossetia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sør-Ossetia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8r-Ossetia" title="Sør-Ossetia – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sør-Ossetia" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud_Osetia" title="Sud Osetia – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Sud Osetia" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetia_dau_Sud" title="Ossetia dau Sud – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Ossetia dau Sud" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Кечывалвел Осетий – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Кечывалвел Осетий" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janubiy_Osetiya" title="Janubiy Osetiya – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Janubiy Osetiya" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%A3%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%93%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86" title="ਦੱਖਣੀ ਓਸੈਤੀਆ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਦੱਖਣੀ ਓਸੈਤੀਆ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="جنوبی اوسیتیا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="جنوبی اوسیتیا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sout_Osetia" title="Sout Osetia – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Sout Osetia" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetia_Po%C5%82udniowa" title="Osetia Południowa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Osetia Południowa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oss%C3%A9tia_do_Sul" title="Ossétia do Sul – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ossétia do Sul" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qubla_Osetiya" title="Qubla Osetiya – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Qubla Osetiya" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cen%C3%BCbiy_Osetiya" title="Cenübiy Osetiya – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Cenübiy Osetiya" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCd-Ossetie" title="Süd-Ossetie – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Süd-Ossetie" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetia_de_Sud" title="Osetia de Sud – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Osetia de Sud" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Южна Осетія – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Южна Осетія" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Южная Осетия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Южная Осетия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D2%95%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83%D1%83_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Соҕуруу Осетия – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Соҕуруу Осетия" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oss%C3%A8tzia_de_Sud" title="Ossètzia de Sud – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Ossètzia de Sud" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooth_Ossetie" title="Sooth Ossetie – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Sooth Ossetie" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osetia_e_Jugut" title="Osetia e Jugut – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Osetia e Jugut" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossezzia_d%C3%BB_sud" title="Ossezzia dû sud – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Ossezzia dû sud" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEn%C3%A9_Osetsko" title="Južné Osetsko – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Južné Osetsko" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEna_Osetija" title="Južna Osetija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Južna Osetija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%B6%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%94%D1%82%D1%97%EA%99%97" title="Южьна Осєтїꙗ – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Южьна Осєтїꙗ" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C5%82ed%C5%84owo_Uosetyjo" title="Połedńowo Uosetyjo – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Połedńowo Uosetyjo" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koonfur_Ossetia" title="Koonfur Ossetia – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Koonfur Ossetia" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%86%D8%B3%DB%8E%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1" title="ئۆسێتیای باشوور – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئۆسێتیای باشوور" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Јужна Осетија – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Јужна Осетија" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju%C5%BEna_Osetija" title="Južna Osetija – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Južna Osetija" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oss%C3%A9tia_Kidul" title="Ossétia Kidul – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Ossétia Kidul" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etel%C3%A4-Ossetia" title="Etelä-Ossetia – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Etelä-Ossetia" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydossetien" title="Sydossetien – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Sydossetien" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timog_Osetya" title="Timog Osetya – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Timog Osetya" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%92%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE" title="தெற்கு ஒசேத்தியா – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="தெற்கு ஒசேத்தியா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usitya_n_Wen%E1%BA%93ul" title="Usitya n Wenẓul – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Usitya n Wenẓul" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BA_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Көньяк Осетия – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Көньяк Осетия" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A2%E1%80%BD%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87%E1%80%9E%E1%82%85%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%82%89%E1%80%91%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%82%83%E1%80%B8%E1%81%B8%E1%81%A2%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ဢွတ်ႇသႅတ်ႉထီးယႃးၸၢၼ်း – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="ဢွတ်ႇသႅတ်ႉထီးယႃးၸၢၼ်း" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-country-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li2{text-indent:0.5em;margin-left:1em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-website{line-height:11pt}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-map-caption3{position:relative;top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn{text-align:left;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-num{margin-left:1em}</style><table class="infobox ib-country vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Republic of South Ossetia – The State of Alania</div><div class="ib-country-names"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8662964">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="font-size:88%;"><hr /><span title="Ossetian-language text"><span lang="os" style="font-style: normal;">Республикӕ Хуссар Ирыстон / Паддзахад Аллонстон</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-size:95%;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6670383">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i><span title="Ossetian-language romanization"><i lang="os-Latn">Rêšpublika Xuššâr Irešton / Pâddzâxâd Âllonšton</i></span></i></span></span></li><li style="font-size:88%;"><hr /><span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 120%;">ცხინვალის რეგიონი</span></span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-size:95%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold"><i><span title="Georgian-language romanization"><i lang="ka-Latn">Tskhinvalis regioni</i></span></i></span></span></li><li style="font-size:88%;"><hr /><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru" style="font-style: normal;">Республика Южная Осетия / Государство Алания</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>)</span><br /><span style="font-size:95%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold"><i><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Respublika Yuzhnaya Osetiya / Gosudarstvo Alaniya</i></span></i></span></span></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of South Ossetia"><img alt="Flag of South Ossetia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/125px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/188px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/250px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div>Flag</div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_South_Ossetia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of South Ossetia"><img alt="Emblem of South Ossetia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Emblem_of_South_Ossetia.svg/85px-Emblem_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Emblem_of_South_Ossetia.svg/128px-Emblem_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Emblem_of_South_Ossetia.svg/170px-Emblem_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div>Emblem</div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data anthem"><b>Anthem:</b> <a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_South_Ossetia" title="National Anthem of South Ossetia">National Anthem of South Ossetia</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>National Anthem of South Ossetia – Республикӕ Хуссар Ирыстоны Паддзахадон Гимн</i></span><br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_location_South_Ossetia_(with_Georgia_and_Abkhazia).png" class="mw-file-description" title="South Ossetia (green), Georgia, and Abkhazia (light grey)."><img alt="South Ossetia (green), Georgia, and Abkhazia (light grey)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Asia_location_South_Ossetia_%28with_Georgia_and_Abkhazia%29.png/250px-Asia_location_South_Ossetia_%28with_Georgia_and_Abkhazia%29.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Asia_location_South_Ossetia_%28with_Georgia_and_Abkhazia%29.png/375px-Asia_location_South_Ossetia_%28with_Georgia_and_Abkhazia%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Asia_location_South_Ossetia_%28with_Georgia_and_Abkhazia%29.png/500px-Asia_location_South_Ossetia_%28with_Georgia_and_Abkhazia%29.png 2x" data-file-width="631" data-file-height="526" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">South Ossetia (green), Georgia, and Abkhazia (light grey).</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Ossetia_overview_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of South Ossetia."><img alt="Map of South Ossetia." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/South_Ossetia_overview_map.png/250px-South_Ossetia_overview_map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/South_Ossetia_overview_map.png/375px-South_Ossetia_overview_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/South_Ossetia_overview_map.png/500px-South_Ossetia_overview_map.png 2x" data-file-width="559" data-file-height="527" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">Map of South Ossetia.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">Partially recognised state</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (not yet started)">Recognised</a> by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> as <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Occupied_territories_of_Georgia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Occupied territories of Georgia (not yet started)">de jure</a></i> part of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<div class="ib-country-largest">and largest city</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tskhinvali" title="Tskhinvali">Tskhinvali</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9430902">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=South_Ossetia&params=42_14_N_43_58_E_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°14′N</span> <span class="longitude">43°58′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.233°N 43.967°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.233; 43.967</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9122542">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a><sup>a</sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a><sup>a</sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="ib-country-lang">Recognised regional languages</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Semi-presidential_republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-presidential republic">Semi-presidential republic</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Ossetia" title="President of South Ossetia">President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Gagloyev" title="Alan Gagloyev">Alan Gagloyev</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_South_Ossetia" title="Prime Minister of South Ossetia">Prime Minister</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gennady_Bekoyev" title="Gennady Bekoyev">Gennady Bekoyev</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_South_Ossetia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parliament of South Ossetia (not yet started)">Parliament</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Independence <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">from <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></span></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Formed as part of USSR </div></th><td class="infobox-data">20 September 1990<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Act of state independence </div></th><td class="infobox-data">21 December 1991</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Recognized </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">26 August 2008 (<a href="/w/index.php?title=International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (not yet started)">limited</a>)</span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,900 km<sup>2</sup> (1,500 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Water (%)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">negligible</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• 2015 census</div></th><td class="infobox-data">53,532 (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">212th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">13.7/km<sup>2</sup> (35.5/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(nominal)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2017<sup id="cite_ref-investrso.su_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-investrso.su-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>0.1 billion</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>2,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russian_ruble" title="Russian ruble">Russian ruble</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">RUB</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time zone</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+03:00</span> (<a href="/wiki/Moscow_Time" title="Moscow Time">MSK</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Driving side</a></th><td class="infobox-data">right</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Calling code</th><td class="infobox-data">+995 34</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-country-fn"><ol class="ib-country-fn-alpha"> <li value="1"><a href="/wiki/Ossetian_language" title="Ossetian language">Ossetian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> languages are official languages<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>South Ossetia</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <small>less commonly</small> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> officially the <b>Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the <b>Tskhinvali Region</b>, is a <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Border_dispute" title="Border dispute">disputed</a> territory recognised as part of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> region. </p><p>South Ossetia was a <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> <a href="/wiki/Oblast" title="Oblast">oblast</a> (region) with some self-rule and controlled big parts of the region. When it declared its independence in 1990, Georgia tried to take back the region by force and it led to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1991-1992_South_Ossetia_War&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991-1992 South Ossetia War (not yet started)">1991-1992 South Ossetia War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Georgia tried to retake South Ossetia again in 2004 and in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-king_fivedaywar_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-king_fivedaywar-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Ossetia's fighters were backed by <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> troops and they gained full control of the region, but its separation from Georgia has only been <a href="/wiki/Unrecognised_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Unrecognised state">recognized</a> by three other countries (<a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> and <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (a similar place), and it is <a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a> (officially) a part of the Georgian region (<a href="/wiki/Mkhare" title="Mkhare">mkhare</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli">Shida Kartli</a>. </p><p>Internationally regarded as a Russian occupied territory of Georgia, Georgia itself refuses to recognize rebel South Ossetia as an independent state; the government calls it by the medieval name of Samachablo or, more recently, <a href="/wiki/Tskhinvali" title="Tskhinvali">Tskhinvali</a> region (after the republic's capital). </p><p>South Ossetia is a geographical state that borders <a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia-Alania" class="mw-redirect" title="North Ossetia-Alania">North Ossetia-Alania</a> to the north which is not an independent entity due to it being part of Russia. </p><p>South Ossetia relies heavily on Russian aid.<sup id="cite_ref-Economy_Army_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economy_Army-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sometimes, South Ossetia, <a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> are named collectively as post-Soviet "<a href="/wiki/Frozen_conflict" title="Frozen conflict">frozen conflict</a>" zones.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Ossetia&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Ossetia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>South Ossetia is situated at central <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>, a border between Asia and Europe. It occupies a part of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Caucasus" title="Greater Caucasus">Greater Caucasus</a> range and the foothills of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kartalin_Valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kartalin Valley (not yet started)">Kartalin Valley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-About_the_Republic_of_South_Ossetia_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_the_Republic_of_South_Ossetia-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Ossetia is a very mountainous region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Ossetia&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Ossetia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 May</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Unrecognized+states%3A+South+Ossetia&rft.date=2014-01-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geopolitics.ru%2F2014%2F01%2Fnepriznannye-gosudarstva-yuzhnaya-osetiya%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-investrso.su-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-investrso.su_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://investrso.su/ekonomika/valovoj-vnutrennij-produkt">"Валовой внутренний продукт"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180413124653/http://investrso.su/ekonomika/valovoj-vnutrennij-produkt">Archived</a> from the original on 13 April 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 April</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%82&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Finvestrso.su%2Fekonomika%2Fvalovoj-vnutrennij-produkt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509075727/http://www.neweasterneurope.eu/node/117">Presidential Elections in South Ossetia – Plan B</a><blockquote><p>The first round of voting was accompanied by a referendum in which the Ossetians were to decide whether Russian should become the second official language of South Ossetia. Nearly 85 per cent of the voters supported the referendum.</p></blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ossetia">"Ossetia"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181023120304/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ossetia">Archived</a> 23 October 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Collins_English_Dictionary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Collins English Dictionary (not yet started)">Collins English Dictionary</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rferl.org/a/caucasus-report-south-ossetia-referendum-name-change/28298590.html">"South Ossetia Referendum on Name Change Steers Clear of Thornier Unification Issue"</a>. <i>RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170914173029/https://www.rferl.org/a/caucasus-report-south-ossetia-referendum-name-change/28298590.html">Archived</a> from the original on 14 September 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 July</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=RadioFreeEurope%2FRadioLiberty&rft.atitle=South+Ossetia+Referendum+on+Name+Change+Steers+Clear+of+Thornier+Unification+Issue&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rferl.org%2Fa%2Fcaucasus-report-south-ossetia-referendum-name-change%2F28298590.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://oc-media.org/referendum-to-rename-south-ossetia-alania-set-for-april/">"Referendum to rename South Ossetia 'Alania' set for April"</a>. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=OC_Media&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OC Media (not yet started)">OC Media</a></i>. 7 February 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180724032235/http://oc-media.org/referendum-to-rename-south-ossetia-alania-set-for-april/">Archived</a> from the original on 24 July 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 July</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=OC+Media&rft.atitle=Referendum+to+rename+South+Ossetia+%27Alania%27+set+for+April&rft.date=2017-02-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Foc-media.org%2Freferendum-to-rename-south-ossetia-alania-set-for-april%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">De facto - in practice, not necessarily in law</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests</i>. Robert H. Donaldson, Joseph L. Nogee. M.E. Sharpe. 2005. p. 199. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780765615688" title="Special:BookSources/9780765615688"><bdi>9780765615688</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Foreign+Policy+of+Russia%3A+Changing+Systems%2C+Enduring+Interests&rft.pages=199&rft.pub=M.E.+Sharpe&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=9780765615688&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: others (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others" title="Category:CS1 maint: others">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-king_fivedaywar-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-king_fivedaywar_9-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFCharles_King2008" class="citation journal cs1">Charles King (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://faculty.georgetown.edu/kingch/King_Five_Day_War.pdf">"The Five-Day War: Managing Moscow After the Georgia Crisis"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Foreign Affairs</i> (November/December). Georgetown University. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140923005750/http://faculty.georgetown.edu/kingch/King_Five_Day_War.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 23 September 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 June</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Foreign+Affairs&rft.atitle=The+Five-Day+War%3A+Managing+Moscow+After+the+Georgia+Crisis&rft.issue=November%2FDecember&rft.date=2008&rft.au=Charles+King&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffaculty.georgetown.edu%2Fkingch%2FKing_Five_Day_War.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFHille2010" class="citation cs2">Hille, Charlotte (2010), Companjen, Françoise; Versteegh, Lia; Marácz, László (eds.), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/exploring-the-caucasus-in-the-21st-century/recognition-of-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia-a-new-era-in-international-law/6E4B05F1A35454808581597BE70C2B5C">"The Recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia: A New Era in International Law"</a>, <i>Exploring the Caucasus in the 21st Century: Essays on Culture, History and Politics in a Dynamic Context</i>, Amsterdam University Press, pp. 195–210, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-485-1162-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-485-1162-4"><bdi>978-90-485-1162-4</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-10-16</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Exploring+the+Caucasus+in+the+21st+Century%3A+Essays+on+Culture%2C+History+and+Politics+in+a+Dynamic+Context&rft.atitle=The+Recognition+of+Abkhazia+and+South+Ossetia%3A+A+New+Era+in+International+Law&rft.pages=195-210&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-90-485-1162-4&rft.aulast=Hille&rft.aufirst=Charlotte&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cambridge.org%2Fcore%2Fbooks%2Fexploring-the-caucasus-in-the-21st-century%2Frecognition-of-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia-a-new-era-in-international-law%2F6E4B05F1A35454808581597BE70C2B5C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rferl.org/a/Chavez_Visits_Russia_To_Discuss_Arms_Energy_Deals/1819273.html">"Chavez Recognizes South Ossetia, Abkhazia"</a>. <i>RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-10-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=RadioFreeEurope%2FRadioLiberty&rft.atitle=Chavez+Recognizes+South+Ossetia%2C+Abkhazia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rferl.org%2Fa%2FChavez_Visits_Russia_To_Discuss_Arms_Energy_Deals%2F1819273.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Economy_Army-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Economy_Army_12-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/south-ossetia-looking-much-like-a-failed-state/408685.html">"South Ossetia Looking Much Like a Failed State"</a>. Associated Press. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100708042330/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/south-ossetia-looking-much-like-a-failed-state/408685.html">Archived</a> from the original on 8 July 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 July</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=South+Ossetia+Looking+Much+Like+a+Failed+State&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themoscowtimes.com%2Fopinion%2Farticle%2Fsouth-ossetia-looking-much-like-a-failed-state%2F408685.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sputniknews.com/russia/20130807/182614986/NATO-Membership-Would-Strain-Georgias-Ties-with-Russia--Medvedev.html">"NATO Membership Would Strain Georgia's Ties with Russia – Medvedev"</a>. <i>RIA Novosti</i>. 7 August 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151018061449/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20130807/182614986/NATO-Membership-Would-Strain-Georgias-Ties-with-Russia--Medvedev.html">Archived</a> from the original on 18 October 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=RIA+Novosti&rft.atitle=NATO+Membership+Would+Strain+Georgia%27s+Ties+with+Russia+%E2%80%93+Medvedev&rft.date=2013-08-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com%2Frussia%2F20130807%2F182614986%2FNATO-Membership-Would-Strain-Georgias-Ties-with-Russia--Medvedev.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFSmolar2013" class="citation news cs1">Smolar, Piotr (8 October 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/08/georgia-russia-border-conflict-south-ossetia">"Georgia wary of Russian encroachment"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170306141601/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/08/georgia-russia-border-conflict-south-ossetia">Archived</a> from the original on 6 March 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 December</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Georgia+wary+of+Russian+encroachment&rft.date=2013-10-08&rft.aulast=Smolar&rft.aufirst=Piotr&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2013%2Foct%2F08%2Fgeorgia-russia-border-conflict-south-ossetia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2006/05/mil-060523-rferl01.htm">OSCE: De Gucht Discusses Montenegro Referendum, Frozen Conflicts</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140327055547/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2006/05/mil-060523-rferl01.htm">Archived</a> 27 March 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/index.html">GlobalSecurity.org</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110228042315/http://www.globalsecurity.org/index.html">Archived</a> 28 February 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rferl.org/">Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110224054819/http://www.rferl.org/">Archived</a> 24 February 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, May 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vladimir_Socor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vladimir Socor (not yet started)">Vladimir Socor</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130605100210/http://www.iasps.org/eng_editor/socor_show.php?lang=&main=&type=6&article_id=356">"Frozen Conflicts in the Black Sea-South Caucasus Region"</a>. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-03-26</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Frozen+Conflicts+in+the+Black+Sea-South+Caucasus+Region&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iasps.org%2Feng_editor%2Fsocor_show.php%3Flang%3D%26main%3D%26type%3D6%26article_id%3D356&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown" title="Category:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown">link</a>)</span>, IASPS Policy Briefings, 1 March 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-About_the_Republic_of_South_Ossetia-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-About_the_Republic_of_South_Ossetia_17-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131105192500/http://southosetia.euro.ru/en_about.html">"About the Republic of South Ossetia"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://southosetia.euro.ru/en_about.html">the original</a> on 5 November 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 December</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=About+the+Republic+of+South+Ossetia&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsouthosetia.euro.ru%2Fen_about.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Ossetia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles nomobile"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9122492">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a><sup>2</sup>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a><sup>1</sup>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="People's Republic of China">China (PRC)</a>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a><sup>2</sup>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a><sup>5</sup>  <b>·</b>  <a 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