Republic of South Ossetia is located оn the southern slopes of the Main Caucasus Range in the area of 3900 square meters. Тhe capital is the city of Tskhinval.
One-tenth of the surface occupied by the Republic of the foothills.
The rest of the territory - the mountainous terrain height from 850 to 3938 meters above sea level.
The highest point - Mount Halatsa (3938 m).

Archive - Oct 2017

October 16th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



Within the framework of the visit of Dmitriy Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, to Italy, a meeting of the Minister with Alberto Drudi, the Chair of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pesaro -Urbino, the Head of Italian-Russian sector of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, took place on October 16, 2017.


During the meeting Minister Medoev expressed gratitude for the invitation and opportunity to get acquainted with the commercial and economic possibilities of the region. The Minister marked that South Ossetia was ready for cooperation in many different areas and would be glad to welcome Italian businessmen in the Republic.

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



Dmitriy Medoev, the South Ossetian Foreign Minister, is on a working visit to Italy these days.


Exhibition entitled Colors of the Caucasus was opened in the Gallery of Modern Art in Alexander Museum Palace, Pesaro on October 14, 2017. Paintings by Magrez Kelekhsaev, Lavrentiy Kasoev. Akhsar Esenov, Georgiy Gabaraev, Oleg Basiev, Vadim Pukhaev, Vadim Kadzhaev, Viktor Tsallagov, Fatima Tomaeva-Gabellini, Valeriy Ataev were exhibited at the exposition. The exhibition was organized in framework of the cultural project “The Days of Ossetia in Europe” by the European Association of the Ossetian Communities “Renaissance” and the representative office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia in Italy.

October 12th

The message of the South Ossetian delegation for mass media

Pertaining to the results of the 41st round of the Geneva International Discussions

October 9th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



October 9, 2017 saw Vitaliy Yankovskiy, the Head of the Official Representation of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, presenting a painting 08.08.08 by a famous Soviet and Pridnestrovian artist Gennadiy Zykov, which symbolizes the Georgian aggression against the people of South Ossetia, to the National Museum of the Republic of South Ossetia

Tskhinval, October 09, 2017

October 6th

Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia



Dmitriy Medoev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Vitaliy Yankovskiy, the Head of the Official Representation of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, on October 6, 2017.


Mr. Yankovskiy reported about the work of the Representation on deepening and extending partnership conducted in accordance with the existing agreements. Consultations on a range of challenges requiring systematic coordinated solutions were held. The necessity of accelerating efforts for further development of friendly ties between South Ossetia and Pridnestrovie was emphasized.

October 3rd

Foreign Minister Dmitriy Medoev’s Answers to Questions from TASS



Q: - The Catalan referendum for secession from Spain was held on October 1, 2017. What can you say about this event?


A: - Today the Catalan citizens like we in South Ossetia in early 1990-s have been defending and fighting for the fundamental and the most often declared European value – the right of the people for self-determination. Despite the police riots, it is obvious that the Catalans have honorably asserted their right to independence! The aggressive response of Spanish authorities to the referendum once again has shown to the world that not the rule of fundamental principles of international law, but double standards and barefaced hypocrisy has become the practice in the West. Having recognized the independence of Kosovo by rejection of a part of the Serbian territory, the so-called guardians of democracy have strongly opposed self-determination of the people of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. And when the people of South Ossetia were exposed to ethnic cleansings by Georgia when they had been asserting the right to independence, nobody in the West condemned the actions of Georgia.