Map of South Ossetia showing Akhalgori in the south-east of the unrecognized republic
Akhalgori is a district of Georgia controlled by the Post-Soviet internationally unrecognized republic of South Ossetia, which still denominates the place by their former Russian name — Leninogorsk. The Post-Soviet states, also commonly known as former Soviet republics, are the independent nations which split off from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in its breakup in 1991. ... Several geo-political entities in the world have no general international recognition, but they are de facto sovereign states. ... Official language Ossetian Capital Tskhinvali President Eduard Djabeevich Kokoity Prime Minister Igor Viktorovich Sanakoyev Area – Total – % water 3,900 km² n/a Population – Total – Density (2004) 70,000 (approx) 18/km² Independence – Declared – Recognition From Georgia – November 28, 1991 – none Currency Russian... This is a list of places, mostly in the former Soviet Union or other formerly communist countries, named or renamed in honor of Vladimir Ulyanov, better known as Lenin. ...
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Source in South Ossetian government: Georgia regroups its armed units at border, Regnum News Agency , july 21th 2006
See also
Georgian-Ossetian conflict Georgian-Ossetian Conflict refers to the inter-ethnic conflict in Georgia’s former autonomous region of South Ossetia, which evolved in 1989 and developed into a civil war in 1991-1992. ...
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