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Tskhinvali

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Tamar: ‘One day, if I stay longer in Tbilisi, I want to open an Ossetian bakery. I want to name it “bakery number 961705” after my case number. Illustration: Dato Parulava/OC Media.
Akhalgori

Voice | Tamara Mearakishvili: ‘If I’m found guilty, I will not run away’

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by Volodymyr Soboliev

Tamar Mearakishvili is an ethnic-Georgian activist and journalist in South Ossetia. Since her arrest in 2017 for ‘defamation’, she has been locked in a legal battle with the authorities. Tamar reflects on her life in Akhalgori, her legal woes, and the reaction of the Georgian Government to her case and others. ‘I was born in Akhalgori; my parents are from here as well. I finished school in Akhalgori, I was a very active child, I studied well.’ ‘My class teacher gave the same evaluation

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘There is nothing worse than war’
2008 August War

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘There is nothing worse than war’

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by Volodymyr Soboliev

T G, 70 years old, Zardiantkari ‘When they started setting houses on fire, and burned down my cousins’ houses, we were forced to run away. We were afraid that they would burn us all. So we ran.’ Cost of Conflict: Untold Stories — Georgian-Ossetian Conflict in Peoples’ Lives is a series of personal recollections from people directly affected by the conflict who continue to pay a price today. They are a continuation of George Mason University’s collection of analytical articles, Cost of

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘I am not convinced, even now, that everything is over’
2008 August War

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘I am not convinced, even now, that everything is over’

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by Volodymyr Soboliev

M K, 37 years old, Tskhinval ‘My Soviet childhood was very happy. I thought that my whole life would be like a fairy tale. But the fairy tale ended abruptly.’ Cost of Conflict: Untold Stories — Georgian–Ossetian Conflict in Peoples’ Lives is a series of personal recollections from people directly affected by the conflict who continue to pay a price today. They are a continuation of George Mason University’s collection of analytical articles, Cost of Conflict: Core Dimensions of Geo

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘There is no alternative to peace’
2008 August War

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘There is no alternative to peace’

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by Volodymyr Soboliev

M M, 47 years old, the village of Dvani, Kareli municipality ‘The cost of conflict is enormous. Everyone paid that cost. I personally paid with my damaged psychology. The most precious part of what I had — the best period of my life — my young age was claimed by this conflict. This is going to haunt me all my life.’ Cost of Conflict: Untold Stories — Georgian–Ossetian Conflict in Peoples’ Lives is a series of personal recollections from people directly affected by the conflict who

South Ossetia’s youth are striving for opportunities at home and abroad
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South Ossetia’s youth are striving for opportunities at home and abroad

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by Volodymyr Soboliev

Enterprising young people in South Ossetia have lots of ideas for improving their homeland but the challenges are many. Few opportunities to develop a career at home, even fewer opportunities to travel abroad, a lack of cultural and recreational facilities, and a dearth of funding for youth initiatives mean the obstacles can seem insurmountable. Nevertheless, many are willing to try. An often heard complaint among students in South Ossetia is that there’s nowhere for young people to go o

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘What has always been and will always be is the hatred towards armed people on the other side’
2008 August War

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘What has always been and will always be is the hatred towards armed people on the other side’

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by Volodymyr Soboliev

A D, 34 years old, Tskhinval ‘It was in November 1989. I was seven. I remember it was a gloomy day. The whole town was alert. I was little and could not understand anything. What I would hear was that some Georgians came shooting. And then everything started spinning: a blockade began, we would hear that they burnt a village and then another, kidnapped some people and shot some others. Barricades started popping in the town and cross-shootings followed.’ Cost of Conflict: Untold St

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘I no longer had to bounce between Ossetians and Georgians’
2008 August War

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘I no longer had to bounce between Ossetians and Georgians’

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by Volodymyr Soboliev

L K, civic activist, Tskhinval. ‘When one morning my husband told me that a family of a father, mother, and two children had been shot at a petrol station, I said out loud: that’s what they deserved! And only after I had pictured these little kids did I realise that I had stopped being a woman, a mother, a human being. I understood that if I did not save myself, I would be over for good.’ Cost of Conflict: Untold Stories — Georgian–Ossetian Conflict in Peoples’ Lives is a series of

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