Homeland

I was born in the USSR even though I was a kid when the country fell apart so I vaguely remember that time. I think it was catastrophic for most people. My homeland was in the South Ossetia so I have two native languages - Ossetian and Russian and I also used to speak Georgian quite well, but now I have  almost forgotten it. Ossetia was a small district in the midst of Caucasus and when, in the beginning of 1990s, the ex-Republics of USSR became independent my country was given to Georgia.

At first the Ossetians asked the Georgian authorities for a district in Georgia or some kind of a national region, but the President of Georgia claimed that Georgia is for Georgians. In Georgia also lived Abkhazians, so Ossetia was in trouble because we didn't want to be in a nationalistic and violent Georgia, so they sent troops and there was a war. I remember a little bit that time, I was only 4 years old. During the bombings I lived in a basement because of danger, lots of buildings were burnt down. In the day time when I could go out I usually stumbled upon to bullet cases, I collected them and used them for my games. The war ended when Russia brought in peacemakers. People were happy that the violence had ceased, but the political situation wasn't good. South Ossetia declared independence and also Abkhazians who had also had a conflict with Georgians did the same. But most countries of the world supported Georgia as they do now and my country wasn't recognized until 2008 when there was again war. The President of Georgia was really insane and he was supported by the USA. But again it was a complete fiasco for Georgia. Their tanks and troops were destroyed. South Ossetia had their own army, small but battle-worthy. Of course Russia helped and the war ended quickly. There were a lot of casualties, Georgian troops even killed  civilians.

Some time later Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia, Abkhazia was recognized too even though they avoided the conflict. European countries and the USA predictably didn't recognize us. They support only Georgia because they are against Russia. I think all of the countries should recognize my country because almost 25 years have passed and Ossetia is independent. In Europe nobody cares about it, they are happy that the USSR doesn't exist anymore. Why did the Georgians have the right to be free but nobody listened to the Ossetians? 

In the picture you can see the turret of a Georgian tank which was blown up and it stopped near a building. The turret is still there as a memorial.

Hello David, 

War is a terrible thing whenever and wherever it occurs, even more so when civilians are caught up in it. I still don't know if the breakup of the USSR was a good thing or not. Maybe we are more aware of the  things that went on now than we were before.

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All the best 

Bob

Homeland

I was born in USSR even though I was a kid when the country fell apart so I only vaguely remember that time. I think it was catastrophic for most people. My homeland was in the South Ossetia so I have two native languages - Ossetian and Russian and I also used to speak Georgian quite well, but now I almost forgot it. Ossetia was a small district in the midst of Caucasus and when in the beginning of 1990s the ex-Republics of USSR became independent my country was given to Georgia. At first Ossetians asked Georgian authorities for a district in Georgia or some kind of a national region, but the President of Georgia claimed that Georgia is for Georgians. In Georgia there also lived Abkhazians, so Ossetia was in trouble because we didn't want to be in a nationalistic and violent Georgia, so they sent troops and there was a war. I remember a little bit of that time, I was only 4 years old. During the bombings I lived in a basement because of danger. Lots of buildings were burnt down. In the day time when I could I went out I usually stumbled upon to bullet cases, I collected them and used for my games. The war ended when Russia brought peacemakers. People were happy that violence ceased, but the political situation wasn't good. South Ossetia declared independence and also Abkhazians who had also had a conflict with Georgians did the same. But most countries of the world supported Georgia as they do now and my country wasn't recognized until 2008 when there was again the war. The President of Georgia was really insane and he was supported by the USA. But again there was complete fiasco for Georgia. Their tanks and troops were destroyed. South Ossetia had their own army, little but battle-worthy. Of course Russia helped and the war was ended quickly. There were a lot of casualties, Georgian troops killed even civilians. Some time later Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia, Abkhazia was recognized too even though they avoided the conflict. European countries and the USA predictably didn't recognize us. They support only Georgia because they are against Russia. I think all of the countries should recognize my country because almost 25 years passed and Ossetia is independent. In Europe nobody cares about it, they are happy that USSR doesn't exist anymore. Why Georgians had the right to be free but nobody listened to Ossetians. On the picture you can see the turret of a Georgian tank which was blown up and it stuck near a building. The turret is still there as a memorial