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Conflict Europe

Russo-Georgian War

2008 CE

Five-day war over South Ossetia and Abkhazia that reasserted Russian military dominance in the South Caucasus and froze Georgia's territorial conflicts on new terms.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Russia, South Ossetian and Abkhaz forces
  • Georgia

Key moments

Defining events in the Russo-Georgian War.

  1. 2008 Battle of Tskhinvali
  2. 2008 Battle of the Kodori Valley
  3. 2008 Occupation of Gori

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