Georgia (Country) - Russia Relations - International Recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, 2008-2010 Georgia-Russia Crisis (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, 2008-2010 Georgia-Russia crisis, Georgian-Ossetian conflict, Red Army invasion of Georgia, 2010 Georgian news report hoax, Georgia-Russia relations, 2006 Georgian-Russian espionage controversy, 2007 Georgia missile incident, Treaty of Georgievsk, Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, Georgia-NATO relations, Rose Revolution, 2004 Adjara crisis, Treaty of Moscow, 2006 Kodori crisis, 2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines, Sochi agreement, 1920 Georgian coup attempt, 2007 Georgia plane downing incident, 2007 Georgia helicopter attack, 2006 deportation of Georgians from Russia, Cyxymu, Embassy of Switzerland in Moscow, Russians in Georgia, Embassy of Switzerland in Tbilisi, 2006 North Ossetia pipeline explosions. Excerpt: Abkhazia and South Ossetia are two breakaway republics in the Caucasus with disputed status over whether they are a part of Georgia or sovereign states. The Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia were recognized following the 2008 South Ossetia War between Russia and Georgia, by five and four UN member states respectively. They are also mutually recognised by two UN non-member states and by each other. Georgia and the vast majority of other countries of the world do not recognise their independence and officially consider them as sovereign territory of the Georgian state. Following the Bolshevik invasion of Georgia in 1921, Abkhazia was made a Soviet republic with the ambiguous status of Union Republic associated with the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1931, Joseph Stalin, an ethnic Georgian, made Abkhazia an autonomous republic within the Georgian SSR. On 21 February 1992, Georgia abolished the Soviet-era constitution and restored the 1921 constitution, which provided for Abkhazia's autonomy, but did not specify its exact...