Tag: South Ossetia changing name to Alania

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Russian-backed enclave plans referendum about naming itself after medieval tribe

February 13, 2017 by DFWatch staff

leonid tibilov — Leonid Tibilov, the de facto President of the enclave Republic of South Ossetia. (RES.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian-backed separatists who have ruled a region of Georgia since the early 1990s plan to name their self-declared republic after a nomadic tribe that conquered swaths of Europe and North Africa in the Middle Ages.

If the 50,000 population approves

South Ossetia prepares to add ‘Alania’ to its name

December 30, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of the breakaway region South Ossetia has ordered a proposal to be put before the elected assembly about changing the entity’s name to South Ossetia – Alania.

Along with the proposed name change, a referendum