THE FORMATION OF THE SOUTH OSSETIA AUTONOMOUS REGION ON THE ETHNOGRAPHIC GROUNDS ON THE TER-RITORY OF GEORGIA

Abstract

Dramatic events took place in Georgia in 20s of XX. Soviet Russia made annexation of Georgian democratic republic. Breaking all the in-ternational Laws they created Autonomous district of “South Ossetia” though they had no historical, legal and demographic backgrounds for its formation. Ossetian separatists artificially increased the number of popula-tion of Ossetia in order to justify the creation of the district. The atten-tion should be paid to the Census Statistics made in 1917. In1927-28 Georgia was divided into new administrative units. According to the documents of the process, the chairman of the Census Commission was Jioev. According to the false materials of census, population of Ossetia exceeded Georgian population in ksani region, for which it was ac-ceded to autonomous district of “South Osetia” formed in 1922

The work is prepared within the frame of the Rustaveli Fund Grant “Occupied Akhalgori Region and The Dynamics of the Georgian-Ossetia relations” # R/398/2-153/12