South Ossetia war (1991–1992)

1991–1992 South Ossetia War
	Part of Georgian–Ossetian conflict, Georgian Civil War, and Dissolution of the Soviet Union
	; Map of South Ossetia after the war, showing territories under Georgian and under South Ossetian separatist control
Date	5 January 1991 – 24 June 1992; (1 year, 5 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Location	Tskhinvali Region, Georgia
Result	South Ossetian victory, see aftermath
Territorial; changes	Division of South Ossetia into zones controlled by Georgians and Ossetians
Belligerents
Georgia	South Ossetia; Russia; (1992)
Commanders and leaders
Zviad Gamsakhurdia; Eduard Shevardnadze; Tengiz Kitovani; Dilar Khabuliani †;	Torez Kulumbegov; Znaur Gassiev; Oleg Teziev; Valeriy Hubulov; Alexander Rutskoy; Ruslan Khasbulatov;
Units involved
Georgian Defense Ministry forces; National Guard of Georgia; Internal Troops of Georgia; Paramilitaries: ; Mkhedrioni;	South Ossetian Republican Guard; South Ossetian irregulars; North Ossetian volunteers;
Strength
Unkown	Republican Guards: About 2,400; Irregulars: unknown;
Casualties and losses
	Approximately 1,000 fatalities overall and 60,000–100,000 people displaced.

The 1991–1992 South Ossetia War (also known as the First South Ossetia War) was fought between Georgian government forces and ethnic Georgian militias on one side and the forces of South Ossetian separatists and Russia on the other. The war ended with a Dagomys Agreement, signed on 24 June 1992, which established a joint peacekeeping force and left South Ossetia divided between the rival authorities.