The North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( os, Цӕгат Ирыстоны Автономон Советон Социалистон Республикӕ, Tsagât Ireštone Âvtonomon Šovêton Šotsiâlišton Rêšpublika; russian: Северо-Осетинская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика) was an
autonomous republic
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of the
Russian SFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
within the
Soviet Union
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.
History
It existed from 5 December 1936 until 9 November 1993 when it became the Republic of North Ossetia (since 1994 the
Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
), a federal subject of
Russia
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.
In 1990 the North Ossetian ASSR declared itself independent as part of rising ethnic conflict with
Ingushetia
Ingushetia (; russian: Ингуше́тия; inh, ГӀалгӏайче, Ghalghayče), officially the Republic of Ingushetia,; inh, Гӏалгӏай Мохк, Ghalghay Moxk is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. ...
. Originally part of the Ingush territory was transferred to North Ossetia in 1944, bringing with it thousands of
Ingush people
The Ingush (, inh, ГIалгIай, translit=Ghalghaj, pronounced ) per Oxford dictionary "a member of a people living mainly in Ingushetia in the central Caucasus." Ingushetia is a federal republic of Russian Federation. The Ingush are predomi ...
, and with the dissolution of the
Soviet Union
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conflicts began.
During the summer and early autumn of 1992, there was a steady increase in the militancy of Ingush nationalists. At the same time, there was a steady increase in incidents of organized harassment, kidnapping and rape against Ingush inhabitants of North Ossetia by their
Ossetian neighbors, police, security forces, and militia. This would eventually lead to the
Ossetian–Ingush Conflict
The East Prigorodny conflict, also referred to as the Ossetian–Ingush conflict, was an inter-ethnic conflict in the eastern part of the Prigorodny District in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, which started in 1989 and developed, in 1992 ...
.
See also
*
First Secretary of the North Ossetian Communist Party The First Secretary of the North Ossetian regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the North Ossetian AO (1924–1936) and the North Ossetian ASSR (1936–1991) in the Russian SFSR of the S ...
References
External links
''A People Reborn: The Story of North Ossetia'' 1954.
Autonomous republics of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
North Ossetia–Alania
States and territories established in 1936
1936 establishments in the Soviet Union
1993 disestablishments in Russia
States and territories disestablished in 1993
Former socialist republics
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