South Caucasus’ Unresolved Past and the Nagorno-Karabach Juncture by Nina Dyulgerova, Boris Manov

“…South Ossetia and Abkhazia have been on Georgian territory for many years. …”
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WHEN STATES LOSE TERRITORY: GEORGIA‘S POST-2008 ADJUSTMENT by Dovilė Jakniūnaitė

“…In this article I analyse how Georgia, as a political entity, coped with the de facto loss of two of its territories: Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The process by which Georgia lost these territories started in early 1990 and reached its final phase in 2008 after the Georgian-Russian war. …”
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NATURAL RECOVERY OF RIPARIAN PLANT COMMUNITIES PITSUNDA PINE AFTER FOREST FIRES by S V Krylenko, A M Aleinikov, V V Krylenko

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Role structure of pre-election communication by Bekoeva Irina D., "Tameryan Tatyana Yu. "

“…The present article deals with the peculiarities of pre-election communication, the structural elements of which correlate with the components of political discourse but have their own specificity conditioned by necessity of responsive changes of intention and communicative aims of the addresser and ways of their realization during presidential election campaign.The main objective of the research is to reveal ethno-specific features of the South Ossetia political communication and one of its most significant indicators - role distribution of functions in particular, which presupposes traditional distribution of roles, a fixed order of actions defined by relevance of the participantʼs status and the system of social relations. …”
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Mobile Operator Supports Refugees and Disabled in Georgia by Zviad KIRTAVA

“…Collapse of USSR and declaration of independence by Georgia was followed by ethnic conflicts provoked by Russia, and de-facto loosing of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, with about 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). …”
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Distribution and conservation status of the Caucasian parsley frog, Pelodytes caucasicus (Amphibia: Anura) by Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Artem A. Kidov

“…Pelodytes caucasicus inhabits Turkey, Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Azerbaijan, and six regions of Russia (226 localities). …”
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Conceptual Component, Figurative-metaphorical and Value Characteristics of the Concept FREEDOM/LIBERTY in the Ossetian and English Languages by Irina D. Bekoeva, Marta I. Balikoeva, Anastasia V. Denisenko, Julia M. Kalinina

“…The research was conducted on the basis of printed and electronic media of the Republic of South Ossetia, English press (both British and American), as well as Ossetian and English Dictionaries. …”
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La misión de observación de la UE en Georgia: ¿Instrumento para el reconocimiento de territorios secesionistas? by Maria Julià Barceló

“…The recent monitoring mission in Georgia (EUMM), devoted to control the ceasefire agreement between Russia and Georgia after the Russian invasion of South Ossetia, demonstrates the overcoming of the ordinary ways of actuation of ESDP –which only had a surveillance role to that time. …”
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IDPs in the new Georgia by Freya von Groote

“…Secession of the Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions of Georgia in the early 1990s displaced over a quarter of a million Georgians, many of whom remain in collective shelters. …”
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Contemporary Russia Policy for the Southern Caucasus by Karen P. Marabyan

“…Russian relations with unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and with partially recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia are examined in the context of above-mentioned bilateral relations. …”
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Contemporary Russia Policy for the Southern Caucasus by K. P. Marabyan

“…Russian relations with unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and with partially recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia are examined in the context of above-mentioned bilateral relations. …”
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Contemporary Russia Policy for the Southern Caucasus by Karen P. Marabyan

“…Russian relations with unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and with partially recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia are examined in the context of above-mentioned bilateral relations. …”
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COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS IN STATEMENTS DESCRIBING MILITARY CONFLICT SITUATIONS by E. A. Shkuratova

“…The author analyses politicians’ communicative strategies and tactics in the speeches devoted to key military events: the events of September 11, Vietnam War, the Iraq War, the war between Georgia and South Ossetia.…”
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Earthquake manifestation activity in the border territories of the south of the European part of Russia by V. V. Razumov, N. V. Razumova, A. D. Linkov, N. V. Kondratieva, N. O. Guseynova, M. I. Gadzhibekov

“…In the territory of this region and in the 30‐kilometre adjacent border zone of the neighboring states of Azerbaijan and Georgia (including Abkhazia and South Ossetia) 1768 earthquakes with an energy class of KR =2.5‐14.2 occurred annually on average. …”
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Georgian-Ossetian conflict in August 2008 in the light of existing international rules by M N Kuznetsov

“…The article examines four facts that took place during the Georgian aggression against South Ossetia and Abkhazia from the point of international law. …”
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Showdown in the Caucasus by Chan, Samuel

“…Georgia’s push to reclaim South Ossetia fitted perfectly into Russia’s geostrategic plans. …”
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Unrecognized States of the Post-Soviet Space: Problems and Prospects by Z. Z. Bakhturidze, N. A. Vasilyeva

“…The conflict potential of the post-Soviet space is increased because of the presence of new state formations: the unrecognized de facto states thePridnestrovianMoldavianRepublicand theNagorno-KarabakhRepublic, and partially recognized Abkhazia andSouth Ossetia.The article also deals with the statehood acquisition and the formation of a new status of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, theNagorno-KarabakhRepublicand Transnistria. …”
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Geopolitics and Eurasia by Raul Netzahualcoyotzi, Aurora Furlong

“…Currently, this scene of conflict is witnessing wars with different features and characte­ristics, such as ethnicity and religion; interstate or global security concerns -as is the case of Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan; and border conflict as was the case between Georgia and Russia for the independence of South Ossetia. Control of this area means global domination of population and provision of energy during this century.…”
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Turkey and Iran Transcaucasia Policy: Comparative Analysis by А V Suleimanov

“…Regional relations between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia are discussed in context of Nagorno-Karabakh and Georgia-South Ossetia conflicts and Caspian problem.…”
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Aspects regarding the security environment in South Caucasus by Lavinia Lupu

“…This region continues to be characterized by high instability and insecurity due the absence of solutions to the protracted or „frozen” conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan – over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh – and between Georgia and Russia – over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Finding common ground upon which all parties can agree has proven to be an impossible task. …”
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