Historical facts

Against the backdrop of emotional, but often "not factual" outposts, it is necessary to reveal to interested curtain over the history problem of South Ossetia. I have to intervene in the information war, waged against Russia and South Ossetia media disinformation and West Georgia.

History

Modern Georgia - a multi-ethnic state; Armenians, Jews, Azeris, Greeks, Kurds lived in these lands and to this day, but until recently the list could fill up the Ossetians and Abkhazians, but ... until recently. According to Greek and Roman historians Ossetians, Abkhazians, Armenians lived here since time immemorial, like the Georgians. I will not turn historiographical essay in the certificate, will show only road futility, which stood at the Georgian science - it is impossible to excerpt from Pliny, Strabo, Martsellina, Tacitus justify their existence at the exclusive disputed lands and deny that right to other peoples. It is very difficult to hunt for evidence of their own "right" to those lands and ryskat on parchment in the search for "certificate of ownership." First, it is meaningless. Secondly, your luck may vis. The challenge has no solutions. To cite only a few historiographical extracts, which showed at least on the right Ossetians live in this land.

The pipe, not only Gazprom

I recall, in prehistoric times tribes and peoples of different emergency mobility. Migrated not only people but also the names, toponyms, a specific geographic region for centuries evolved unthinkable changes. There were no Ossetians in their current form, did not exist, and Georgians in the modern notion, but over the centuries as he. e. and to Mr.. e. in the history of accumulated numerous written testimony presence in the disputed territory ancestors of modern Ossetians. Range of military-political and economic spread of the Sarmatians-Alans is wide enough both on the northern side of the Main Caucasian Ridge, and on the south. The importance Sarmatians-Alans play in the lives of empires of Rome and Byzantium, Asian and East predetermined almost nothing of their limited mobility. Figuratively speaking, high combat capability was constantly in demand, "contract" followed "contract". Of the steppes of southern Russia today in the South Caucasus and beyond, the space Asia Minor and the Mediterranean basin countries could go three ways: Derbent (on the coast of the Caspian Sea), along the shore of the Black Sea and through the passage Daryalsky (at the very heart of the Main Caucasian Ridge). And if, over time, a western passage in the Transcaucasus and east were inhabited and "zastolbleny", the central left for the Sarmatians-Alans. Now imagine: go-go military units here, figuratively speaking, in-home raids, in-home invasions, and the road from the Caucasus in the Transcaucasus, otherwise the "tube", as time passes through the territory of modern Ossetia, from North to South and vice versa . Over time the land controlled by Alans usohli to two small areas on both sides of the Main Caucasian Ridge, but always the center of education Ossetian lands remained Daryalsky passage - testimony was power. As in the territory south Ossetia emerged and developed settlements? Very simply - with frequent military crossings on both sides of the ridge occurred, figuratively speaking, "Laced base" (fodder, food), developed infrastructure, has spread its distinctive way of life. So guests Ossetians on the southern side of the ridge or Aborigines?

South Ossetian tribe Twaltæ (ed. h. twal, adj. Twallag - so far south Ossetians, saying the origin, referred to as such, the adjective "tualsky", "I - tualsky") with documented in VII. in the forms Dowalk '(Ashharatsuyts) and Tūlās = Tuwal-Ăs (Ibn-Rusta and Hudud al-Alam), in Dvaletskom ways "(gza Dvalet'isa = Daryalsky passage) chronicles Kartlis Tshovreba and Duelli John III of the Sultan. This ethnonym, etymology of which is unknown, its origins, apparently, to the Georgian form with a blank dentalnym sound, given the assumption that a branch of Alans populated the area close to the Caucasian people Dval-, and borrowed its name. In South Ossetia, in the upstream river Liahva Most still live Ossetians, who are known as Ūrstwaltœ "white tualy."
Of Kartlis Tshovreba, Georgian chronicles learn that Ossetian kings (Ovst'a mep'eni) Bazuk and allies acted Anbazuk arshakidskih Kings Kartli / Iverii Azorka and Armazela (Vahusht he 87-103.) Against the Armenian king Artashana (MART Artašēs); the same episode of "Stories of Armenia" Movses Khorenatsi interprets as the invasion of Alans (Alank '), which supported "Iveriyskoy half of the country."
It may be continued for a long time, but it is clear - the historical evidence does not talk about anything, except that on the retirement side of the Main Caucasian Ridge has long been the light of both peoples, long enough to fall for centuries in historical chronicles. Letopis not perpetuate the exclusive right for any one people to the ground, throwing another marginalized stories. Most likely, the truth lies somewhere in between, Georgians are on their own land, at its Ossetians.

The first wave of genocide

In the past, the Georgian historians and chronicler wrote about their land as a garden, which grow and skew different cultures. But those blessings century long gone.
Menshevist Government N. Zhordaniya years beginning in 1918-1921 to pursue a policy of displacement of "aliens", one after another was followed by punitive expeditions, Ossetians and Abkhaz have become evict, burning houses, killed while trying to resistance. Again, the existence of the state border is not postulated fact Championship at the designated territory of any ethnic group against another, even more so if the issue goes to a gray antiquity, that the truth of concealing haze centuries. Fact same compact residence in the territory Ossetians YUO successfully survived the era and get on the MTNet historians and ethnographers. The Georgian government for its bloody games "to play until", the Bolsheviks bayonets XI - Army, led by SM Kirov and Sergo Ordzhonikidze entered into Georgia from North Ossetia and Menshevist overthrew the government. Since filing the Bolsheviks won YUO cardboard autonomy, actually, hence the modern plyashet South Ossetian statehood. But the Georgians had "nice" walk - Government troops Menshevist dumped into the abyss of children, the elderly, pregnant vsparyvali stomachs. Burned dozens of villages and towns, deliberately massacred five and a half thousand people, tens of thousands of refugees fled in JI. As a result, nearly three-week killing, fires and murders YUO virtually empty. Here is what he wrote nachshtaba Menshevist Guard B. Dzhugeli: "I look with a calm soul of the ashes and clubs smoke. I am quite calm, so calm ..." I do not know whether to write examples of atrocities? As in the eyes of the sons of mothers of childbearing authorities cut off hapless women and forced them are ... The pair were forced to watch as their mothers middle of winter, stripped naked and water through the streets of the village ... Do Hitler and Goebbels were good teachers.
The second wave of genocide. Shida Kartli, Samachablo

So Georgians called South Ossetia.

Zhili everything together, not to make an effort at a very conditional borders until a new time with their celebration formalism and normativizma. Hard to consolidate the border, declare, documented, and where you caught the end of redistribution of the world, therefore, in those borders and live. At first glance, correctly, that little, fairly and humanely, but only at first. Here Georgian historiography, the history and propaganda in government circles servants do zidanovsky fint - argued that these lands have always been a Georgian. Only Georgians - aboriginal people, all the rest came to be evicted. Sense the subtle substitution of concepts - fixing borders, shape does not define the limits of state for economic and other necessary life, and postulated someone's priority and primacy in the designated territory, which might say independent historians and other letopisnye certificate. For this bizarre logic of Swaziland and Lesotho simply do not have the right to autonomy, because on all sides surrounded by another State, and, therefore, external border of South Africa clearly shows that the Aborigines Lesotho and Swaziland - strangers, and came good to allow them go out.
Will laugh, in the late eighties "Demographic healing the nation" in Georgia announced almost a national strategy, in modern terminology - National Project. In 1988, Professor Kvanchilashvili published demographic work, which proposes to limit the birth rate in non-Georgian families simple reproduction. Another "scholar", Chkaanava, offered to evict negruzin with more than two children in the family.
Understandably, all this is an extreme and as the official rate is unlikely to be proclaimed (however, all could be), but the fact that this has occurred, said monstrous "brittle" Georgians for external attributes of statehood - coat of arms, flag and most importantly -- if possible with impunity, without looking back to Moscow samolyubie own illusions. Hence the forced assimilation - you do not obtain a passport and citizenship and forget about normal life until you change the name and in the infamous fifth column did not write "Georgians." That's living on the territory of Georgia numerous - shvili, which often turned Ossetians. So Tedeyev becomes Tedeshvili, Gazzaev - Gazashvili, and so on. About Svans and adzhartsev not write, is a separate topic and let it cover those who "owns matter."
The two provisions, one derives from another, determine policies with regard to Georgia's neighbours are already nearly century: more of us (hence, we older), and from here - we have the superior right to make that wish. Please take account of the game case, Leer fate - Georgia border, coinciding on the misfortune in its northern border with northern same YUO, "collects" only way of managing, which is south side of Main Caucasian Ridge is somewhat different from that on the northern side. By way of commonality and cultural landscape has emerged, which limits and closed in the state border, the then distinguish Caucasian winegrowers Oykumenu - similar to the agricultural cycle, the overall shopping centers, roads, calendars and home church. Take into account whether that outline the true meaning - defined territory and population, employed a similar life, in which Georgians merely quantitatively more? Now that you, much easier way to declare their designated, and neighbors - importing "the Georgian way of life", nahlebnikami and newcomers. Coming soon will begin to take royalties for growing grapes and closed icon © the word "grapes". The natural boundary lies on the livelihood of ridge, and it is difficult to say that it would be, if the Main Caucasian Ridge just north. South Ossetia has become a little more, if on the south side of Chechnya or Dagestan ... As you can imagine the rhetoric of Tbilisi in this case? Ventured to Gamsakhurdia, and now Saakashvili meryatsya piskoy with the Chechens and dagestantsami for those older? Tiny South Ossetia - like a bone in the throat, I can not swallow, soon stuknet potugam this century, soon hlynut tears, and there Chechens and dagestantsy ... I though fiction, but from such alternativki krovischey too bad, of course, recognize the infallibility of Georgia if the principle of "us more, then, we have ancient, but you never stood here." At the request of friends can write, but do not feel like. Much easier to write: "... and then on Shakespeare - all died."
Like the Baltic countries, Georgia to the limit sore for decades carried out under the Bolsheviks and the fifth since independence in a new time is rapidly catching-up for lost time to quit. We can not say that South Ossetians were all happy Bolsheviks - kutsaya autonomy "pulls no" against the bold piece that won Georgia - Tbilisi but for all that much resembles rabies, when the wolf comes poisonous saliva and biting everyone.
May 26, 1989 in Georgia announced a popular holiday - the anniversary of another outbreak of the Georgian democratic republic and throughout the country ... Menshevist display flags. South Ossetia is not subordinated. The word "guests" in the then (and today's) rhetoric of official Tbilisi did not contain anything brighter, the stereotype of "Georgian hospitality" better not to remember. The article "What Will Save Georgia", dated June 29, 1989 newspaper Ahalgarazda Komunisti ", signed by Revaz Mishveladze publishes the text read:" As for Satan mastered our consciousness, for centuries protected hardly found inch for inch fold, to cede land filled with blood all -- Bezrodnomu whether dervish with the Caucasian mountains, beskulturnomu tribe, which had no previous Lyubymi activities ... we should try to percentage of the Georgian population from 61 (at that time) would have risen to 95. " This sounds until January, when at 87 - by the buses, 20 - ty spetsmashinah in Tskhinval raided "Georgian Falco" - Ministry of Internal Affairs officers and militia volunteers, among whom were amnestied on the occasion of criminals and drug addicts. Comicality looked Georgian "police", on which no thick belly shirts converge uniforms issued hastily.
It was everything - the shelling of cannons and heavy machine guns, a siege. Residents of Tskhinvali cut off access to the cemetery, and had to bury those killed in the courtyards. The courtyard of a school has become a real military cemetery. Polosovali lead children in the streets. Gamsakhurdia at a meeting with the Ossetian public figures at the Institute of Georgian literature to splash saliva: "No Ossetians will not remain on the ground Samachablo."
Four days kept a small village Helchua. Men fought to the last, and when ammunition ran out, took the women, children, elderly and capable of moving gone through mountains and forests in Tskhinval. Several elderly people left, upovaya at the ancient tradition of Montagnards honor their old age. Guess what was next? Seniors Nina Bestaevu, Sergei Hugaeva, Herman Kisieva were brutally beaten, tortured and shot. Village looted (remember, criminals amnestied) and burned. One of the fighters saw the finger at 95 - years Tekle Kazievoy golden wedding ring. Once on a thin finger graceful maiden husband put his hands. For eight years, tens of work-worn hands so nabuhli mozolyami that if vroslo in the ring finger. Banda knife cut off from living together with Tekle ring finger ...
"Charm" stories with Ossetians that in this case, Georgia was unable to do tishkom and molchkom. The noise came out loud, Ossetians were not silent. But such adventures from Georgia, unfortunately, already passed by silent scenario. Suddenly, the Dukhobors, through two centuries all at once suddenly "remembered" on their historic homeland and "unanimously" expressed a desire to leave in the Tula region. Five thousand Avars, lived a few centuries on the southern side of GKH, "suddenly prozreli" and as a query in Russia in Dagestan.
The third wave of genocide
I begin to describe, but caught myself thinking: A need it? Not enough? All this reminds bad dream, circles of hell. Wait whether Ossetians fourth wave?
A few words in the end.
News show almost crying women and men are not visible, to me about something said. Any information daily sample one way or another, pulling a few nebrityh persons, but they are not in the picture read, and if occasionally appear, the impeachment dark. Of course, dvenadtsatikratnoe superiority in manpower and technology formidable gaze not kompensiruesh, support the regular army invaluable, just trying to look in the shadow, that will never be covered by mass media, but that, surely, poimeet place (so has been in the past Georgian entry). What will then ...
To begin abrisny potret southern Ossetians: independent, slightly dikovat right in the sense that nature around him and it very very much. Zlopamyaten and very strong. Duhovity small, used to rely only on themselves and in communion with nature without intermediaries in the form of excesses of civilization. It (civilization) in YUO, of course, is, but I am not on the water, and Internet phones. All the problems that arise outside (podkidyvayut nature or neighbors) decides on the ancient and the only correct algorithm: + I am working tool = strength. Whether on the clearing house in the mountains (in winter sometimes so much snow falls that have been instances when the roof prolamyvalo under its gravity), or visit Unasked neighbour. Incidentally, on shovels: in the early nineties with patsany cherenami of shovels faced on the road from the Georgian ryazhenyh zekov. This is not a bike, alas, it was.
After that war, when the case was not in YUO, the usual way has been destroyed, many filed with the JI. It was all, hot head, the demolition of the roof of idleness, but still let it remain within the boundaries Ossetia - internal affairs. The nature of handwriting - on the need for strong shoots. Many vykosili disassembly, someone donkey, borrowed affair, but recent cases vskolyhnuli Ossetia, and Montagnards potyanulis back. Meshal them, I think, now no one will. Now let's prikinem that will be in YUO when guys got weapons. What future ugotovil Mishiko own compatriots residing in the Georgian villages? The world does not know and tenth of that happening "gamsiki" last war, it is unfortunate, but does not know and tenth of what became of the Georgians in that war. The above-mentioned "working tool" - that's what you need to southern Ossetians. This is the Caucasus. Eye for an eye, blood for blood. Three episodes of genocide Ossetians not forgive nor forget. Vector Georgian sentiment quite clearly delineated, direct nowhere. Now ask themselves what is vyholoschennaya Western democratic rhetoric "take to the negotiating table", "everything possible to negotiate" ... With whom to negotiate? About what? With Russia Ossetia more than two hundred years and never looked down "on the side." For Ossetians service in the imperial army was considered an honour and a privilege, may wish to see it themselves. The Treaty of Amity for Ossetia - not just words. This means full participation in social, cultural life. At an all misfortune and a joy, whether a war with arms or sports battles, swords ringing or Olympic medals ... Does anyone think that Russia has to pass, otvernuvshis?
P.S. On the border volunteers are no longer miss in the fighting zone. Need I believe that a lot of them already?

Materials used periodicals, historical monographs, memoirs witnesses.
Historiography quoted on the next edition:
Agusta Aleman "Alans in ancient and medieval written sources." M. Izd of "Manager" 2003 ISBN 5-8346-0252-5
Specific sources indicated in the text.
Other factual material ...
"Koms. Pravda on January 31. 1991 F. Sizy
"Lit. Russia" on February 8. 1991, T. D. Ochirova Dzhioshvili.
"MK" Feb. 15-16. E. Glebova in 1991
Menapolis-continent "№ February 8-March 1991. V. Astrov
"Soyuz", № February 8, 1991 D. Hrapovitsky
"Soyuz", № February 9, 1991 D. Hrapovitsky
"Trud", March 21, 1991 B. White
"The Voice" Feb. 1-7. In 1991 № 13 E. Krutikov
"Izvestia" on April 15. In 1991 V. Litovkin
"KP" on April 27. A 1991, Khokhlov, I. Chernyak
"Gudok" April 25. Oleg Popov in 1991.
Also served as a material personal impressions of travel in Tskhinval in 1993 and interviews with eyewitnesses to the events. Saw himself makeshift cemetery and photographs.