Tskhinvali was first chronicled by Georgian sources in 1398 as a village in Kartli (central Georgia) though a later account credits the 3rd century AD Georgian king Asphagur of Iberia with its foundation as a fortress. By the early 18th century, Tskhinvali was a small "royal town" populated chiefly by monastic serfs.
Tskhinvali. Established, 1398. Area. • Total, 17.46 km2 (6.74 sq mi). Elevation. 860 m (2,820 ft). Population. (1 January 2019). • Total, 32,180. Time zone ...
The southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus merge into a second band, consisting of central lowlands formed on a great structural depression. The Kolkhida ...
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In the IV-III centuries BC the Kingdom of Kartli, or Iberia, was founded in southern and eastern Georgia, and Tskhinvali was part of Kartli as well. According ...
By the early 20th century, Tskhinvali had developed into a commercial town with a mixed Georgian Jewish, Georgian, Armenian and Ossetian population.
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Aug 28, 2023 · SOUTH OSSETIA/ALANIA: FACTS ; Capital: Tskhinvali ; Area: 3,900 sq km ; Population: 56,520 ; Languages: Ossetian, Russian plus Georgian ; Life ...
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Conflict Phase (December 12, 1990-June 24, 1992): Georgians and South Ossetians clashed in Tskhinvali beginning on December 12, 1990, and President ...
Feb 7, 2019 · Encouraged by Georgia's post-war vulnerability and pinning hopes on the Russian army, South Ossetian leaders started laying territorial claims ...
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In July 2020, several businesses from Tskhinvali established a new association with their counterparts in Russia's North Ossetia, aimed at gaining ...
Prompted by the “March on Tskhinvali”, the South Ossetian capital, of between 20,000 and 30,000 Georgian nationalists in August, supposedly to protect the ...