South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast

English

Map of the Georgian SSR, 1957–1990. The South Ossetian AO is in the middle, highlighted in yellow

Proper noun

South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast

1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Georgian SSR existing from 1922 to 1990.

Synonyms

• Georgian SSR

Translations

autonomous oblast — see also SOAO

• Danish: Syd-Ossetiske autonome oblast
• Georgian: სამხრეთ ოსეთის ავტონომიური ოლქი (samxret osetis avṭonomiuri olki)
• Ossetian: Хуссар Ирыстоны автономон бӕстӕ (Xussar Irystony avtonomon bæstæ)
• Russian: Юго-Осетинская автономная область (Jugo-Osetinskaja avtonomnaja oblastʹ)

See also

• SFSR
• Soviet Socialist Republic