On the division of the Ossetian nation and the formation of the Republic of South Ossetia - the State of Alania
The article examines the causes, nature and consequences of the separateness of the Ossetian people, which has de facto had the status of a divided people since 1920. The emphasis is placed on the fact that in the content of the Treaty between the RSFSR and the Georgian Democratic Republic of May 7, 1920, there was a lot of voluntaristic, subjective, which predetermined further dramatic events in relations between Georgia and South Ossetia, as well as Georgia and the Russian Federation.