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Did South Ossetia demand their independence from the Soviet Union?

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Following Georgia's independence from the Soviet Union Ossetian nationalists in South Ossetia demanded either independence from Georgia or incorporation into North Ossetia-Alania and in late 1991 fighting broke out between Georgian and Ossetian forces.

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