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 - Apr 5, 2017

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



Murat Dzhioev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, hosted a meeting with Narim Kozaev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on April 5.

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



On April 4 officers of the MFA of the Republic of South Ossetia laid flowers to the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic in commemoration of victims of the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg on April 3.


Citizens of South Ossetia were making floral tribute at the Embassy of the Russian Federation expressing condolences to people of the Russian Federation.

Vitaliy Khasiev, born in South Ossetia, was injured by the attack and for the time being is in hospital in St. Petersburg.


April 5, 2017, Tskhinval