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Georgia: self-determination of whom? / Kemoklidze, Nino

Kemoklidze, Nino	Journal Article
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Georgia suffered significant violence during and following the demise of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. It left Abkhazia and South Ossetia outside the control of the republic, and in 2008, following the Russia-Georgia War, Russia recognised them as independent states, a status acknowledged only by a handful of other states. The Kremlin proclaimed the right of self-determination and secession, but the situation is not straightforward because Georgia has traditionally been multi-ethnic. People have lived side-by side relatively peacefully in Abkhazia and South Ossetia for centuries. The de facto secession poses many dangers of ethnic strife for the future.

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Violence ; Georgia ; Abkhazia ; South Ossetia ; Russia - Georgia War ; Russian Rationale ;
Minority Fears

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Many faces of the Caucasus / Kemoklidze, Nino; Moore, Cerwyn; Smith, Jeremy; Yemelianova, Galina

Moore, Cerwyn	Journal Article
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2012.

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This collection addresses some of the major challenges facing scholars and practitioners who are dealing with the Caucasus, as well as with ethnic and ethno-religious relations in Eurasia and the wider world. The collection is one of the outcomes of a two-day international multi-disciplinary conference entitled 'The Caucasus and Central Asia: Theoretical, Cultural and Political Challenges', held at the University of Birmingham on 3-4 July 2009.

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Judaism ; Central Asia ; Russia ; Eurasia ; Caucasus ; Ethno - Religious Relations ;
Zoroastrianism

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