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'''Tskhinvali''' ({{lang-ka|ცხინვალი}} {{IPA|ka|ˈt͡sʰχinʷali||Tskhinvali.ogg}}) or '''Tskhinval''' ({{lang-os|Цхинвал, Чъреба|Cxinval, Čreba}}, {{IPA|os|t͡sχinˈvɒɫ, ˈt͡ʃʼɾʲebɑ|audio=Tskhinval.ogg}}; {{lang-rus|Цхинвал(и)|r=Tskhinval(i)}}, {{IPA|ru|tsxʲɪnˈval(ʲɪ)|}}) is the capital of the disputed ''de facto'' independent ], internationally considered part of ], ] (except by the ] and ]). Tskhinvali Region, known historically as ], was always part of the Georgian state as a single military and administrative entity.<ref>https://www.gov.ge/en/tskhinvali-region '''Tskhinvali''' ({{lang-ka|ცხინვალი}} {{IPA|ka|ˈt͡sʰχinʷali||Tskhinvali.ogg}}) or '''Tskhinval''' ({{langx|os|Цхинвал, Чъреба|Cxinval, Čreba}}, {{IPA|os|t͡sχinˈvɒɫ, ˈt͡ʃʼɾʲebɑ|audio=Tskhinval.ogg}}; {{lang-rus|Цхинвал(и)|r=Tskhinval(i)}}, {{IPA|ru|tsxʲɪnˈval(ʲɪ)|}}) is the capital of the disputed ''de facto'' independent ], internationally considered part of ], ] (except by the ] and ]). Tskhinvali Region, known historically as ], was always part of the Georgian state as a single military and administrative entity.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.gov.ge/en/tskhinvali-region | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015220616/https://www.gov.ge/en/tskhinvali-region | archive-date=2023-10-15 | title=Information on Tskhinvali/South Ossetia Region}}</ref>{{POV statement|date=September 2024|"was always part of the Georgian state as a single military and administrative entity."}} It is located on the ] approximately {{convert|100|km}} northwest of the Georgian capital ].

https://web.archive.org/web/20231015220616/https://www.gov.ge/en/tskhinvali-region {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>{{POV statement|date=September 2024|}} It is located on the ] approximately {{convert|100|km}} northwest of the Georgian capital ].


==Name== ==Name==
The name of '''Tskhinvali''' is derived from the ] ''Krtskhinvali'' ({{lang-ka|ქრცხინვალი}}), from earlier ''Krtskhilvani'' ({{lang-ka|ქრცხილვანი}}), literally meaning "the land of ]s",<ref>{{in lang|ru}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bedoshvili |first=Guram |date=2002 |title=Etymological-Explanatory Dictionary of Georgian Toponyms |location=Tbilisi |publisher=Bakur Sulakauri Publishing |page=479}}</ref> which is the historical name of the city.<ref>{{in lang|ru}} ("History of the ]"), Вахушти Багратиони. Retrieved from ''vostlit.info'' on 24. August, 2008.</ref> See ] for more. The name of '''Tskhinvali''' is derived from the ] ''Krtskhinvali'' ({{lang-ka|ქრცხინვალი}}), from earlier ''Krtskhilvani'' ({{lang-ka|ქრცხილვანი}}), literally meaning "the land of ]s",<ref>{{in lang|ru}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bedoshvili |first=Guram |date=2002 |title=Etymological-Explanatory Dictionary of Georgian Toponyms |location=Tbilisi |publisher=Bakur Sulakauri Publishing |page=479}}</ref> which is the historical name of the city.<ref>{{in lang|ru}} ("History of the ]"), Вахушти Багратиони. Retrieved from ''vostlit.info'' on 24. August, 2008.</ref> See ] for more.


From 1934 to 1961, the city was named '''Staliniri''' ({{lang-ka|სტალინირი}}, {{lang-os|Сталинир}}), which was compilation of ]'s surname with Ossetian word "Ir" which means ]. Modern ] call the city '''Tskhinval''' (leaving off the final "i", which is a ] ending in Georgian); the other Ossetian name of the city is '''Chreba''' ({{lang-os|Чъреба}}) which is only spread as a ] word.<ref>The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (]) (2007) .</ref> The name Chreba comes from the ] ''Ḳreba'' ({{lang-ka|კრება}}), literally meaning "gathering" due to the city historically serving as a trading point.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Натиев|first=Ф.|title=Цхинвали|language=ru|journal=Кавказъ|location=Тифлисъ|year=1873|issue=36|page=1f|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Kavkaz_1873_N36.pdf}}</ref> From 1934 to 1961, the city was named '''Staliniri''' ({{lang-ka|სტალინირი}}, {{langx|os|Сталинир}}), which was compilation of ]'s surname with Ossetian word "Ir" which means ]. Modern ] call the city '''Tskhinval''' (leaving off the final "i", which is a ] ending in Georgian); the other Ossetian name of the city is '''Chreba''' ({{langx|os|Чъреба}}) which is only spread as a ] word.<ref>The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (]) (2007) .</ref> The name Chreba comes from the ] ''Ḳreba'' ({{lang-ka|კრება}}), literally meaning "gathering" due to the city historically serving as a trading point.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Натиев|first=Ф.|title=Цхинвали|language=ru|journal=Кавказъ|location=Тифлисъ|year=1873|issue=36|page=1f|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Kavkaz_1873_N36.pdf}}</ref>


==History== ==History==
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===Twin towns and Sister cities=== ===Twin towns and Sister cities===
Tskhinvali is twinned with the following cities: Tskhinvali is twinned with the following cities:
*], ]<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> *], ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rg.ru/2008/12/22/kokoity.html|title=Архангельск и Цхинвал могут стать городами-побратимами|date=December 22, 2008|website=Российская газета}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stav.kp.ru/daily/24259.4/455318/|title=Архангельская область восстанавливает югоосетинскую 5-ю школу - KP.RU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arhcity.ru/?page=0/13265|title=АРХАНГЕЛЬСК - ЦХИНВАЛ: ДРУЖБУ УКРЕПЛЯЕТ СПОРТ|website=АРХАНГЕЛЬСК - ЦХИНВАЛ: ДРУЖБУ УКРЕПЛЯЕТ СПОРТ}}</ref>
* ], Russia<ref></ref> * ], Russia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa-rso.su/node/3331|title=Сообщение пресс-службы Министерства иностранных дел Республики Южная Осетия &#124; Министерство иностранных дел}}</ref>


==Notable people== ==Notable people==
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* ], Olympic Champion weightlifter * ], Olympic Champion weightlifter
* ], weightlifter * ], weightlifter
* ], footballer
* ], former professional wrestler representing Armenia and Russia * ], former professional wrestler representing Armenia and Russia
* ], artist * ], artist

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Capital city of South Ossetia Place in South Ossetia, Georgia
Tskhinvali ცხინვალი (Georgian)
Цхинвал, Чъреба (Ossetian)
From the top, View over Tskhinvali, Parliament Building, St. Astvatsatsin Church
Flag of TskhinvaliFlagOfficial seal of TskhinvaliSeal
Tskhinvali is located in South OssetiaTskhinvaliTskhinvaliLocation of TskhinvaliShow map of South OssetiaTskhinvali is located in Shida KartliTskhinvaliTskhinvaliTskhinvali (Shida Kartli)Show map of Shida KartliTskhinvali is located in GeorgiaTskhinvaliTskhinvaliTskhinvali (Georgia)Show map of Georgia
Coordinates: 42°13′30″N 43°58′12″E / 42.22500°N 43.97000°E / 42.22500; 43.97000
Country Georgia
De facto state South Ossetia
MkhareShida Kartli
DistrictTskhinvali
Established1398
Area
 • Total17.46 km (6.74 sq mi)
Elevation860 m (2,820 ft)
Population
 • Total32,180
Time zoneUTC+3 (Moscow time)
ClimateDfb

Tskhinvali (Georgian: ცხინვალი [ˈt͡sʰχinʷali] ) or Tskhinval (Ossetian: Цхинвал, Чъреба, romanized: Cxinval, Čreba, Ossetian pronunciation: [t͡sχinˈvɒɫ, ˈt͡ʃʼɾʲebɑ] ; Russian: Цхинвал(и), romanized: Tskhinval(i), [tsxʲɪnˈval(ʲɪ)]) is the capital of the disputed de facto independent Republic of South Ossetia, internationally considered part of Shida Kartli, Georgia (except by the Russian Federation and four other UN member states). Tskhinvali Region, known historically as Samachablo, was always part of the Georgian state as a single military and administrative entity. It is located on the Great Liakhvi River approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

Name

The name of Tskhinvali is derived from the Old Georgian Krtskhinvali (Georgian: ქრცხინვალი), from earlier Krtskhilvani (Georgian: ქრცხილვანი), literally meaning "the land of hornbeams", which is the historical name of the city. See ცხინვალი for more.

From 1934 to 1961, the city was named Staliniri (Georgian: სტალინირი, Ossetian: Сталинир), which was compilation of Joseph Stalin's surname with Ossetian word "Ir" which means Ossetia. Modern Ossetians call the city Tskhinval (leaving off the final "i", which is a nominative case ending in Georgian); the other Ossetian name of the city is Chreba (Ossetian: Чъреба) which is only spread as a colloquial word. The name Chreba comes from the Georgian Ḳreba (Georgian: კრება), literally meaning "gathering" due to the city historically serving as a trading point.

History

The area around the present-day Tskhinvali was first populated back in the Bronze Age. The unearthed settlements and archaeological artifacts from that time are unique in that they reflect influences from both Iberian (east Georgia) and Colchian (west Georgia) cultures with possible Sarmatian elements.

A vintage photo of Tskhinvali by D. Rudnev, 1886.

Tskhinvali was first chronicled by Georgian sources in 1398 as a village in Kartli (central Georgia) though a later account credits the 3rd century AD Georgian king Aspacures II of Iberia with its foundation as a fortress. By the early 18th century, Tskhinvali was a small "royal town" populated chiefly by monastic serfs. Tskhinvali was annexed to the Russian Empire along with the rest of eastern Georgia in 1801. Located on a trade route which linked North Caucasus to Tbilisi and Gori, Tskhinvali gradually developed into a commercial town with a mixed Georgian Jewish, Georgian, Armenian and Ossetian population. In 1917, it had 600 houses with 38.4% Georgian Jews, 34.4% Georgians, 17.7% Armenians and 8.8% Ossetians.

The town saw clashes between Georgian People's Guard and pro-Bolshevik Ossetian peasants during the 1918–20 period, when Georgia gained brief independence from Russia. Soviet rule was established by the invading Red Army in March 1921, and a year later, in 1922, Tskhinvali was made a capital of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR. Subsequently, the town became largely Ossetian due to intense urbanisation and Soviet Korenizatsiya ("nativization") policy which induced an inflow of the Ossetians from the nearby rural areas into Tskhinvali. It was essentially an industrial centre, with lumber mills and manufacturing plants, and had also several cultural and educational institutions such as a venerated Pedagogical Institute (currently Tskhinvali State University) and a drama theatre. According to the last Soviet census (in 1989), Tskhinvali had a population of 42,934, and according to the census of Republic of South Ossetia in 2015, the population was 30,432 people.

During the acute phase of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, Tskhinvali was a scene of ethnic tensions and ensuing armed confrontation between Georgian and Ossetian forces. The 1992 Sochi ceasefire accord left Tskhinvali in the hands of Ossetians.

Russo-Georgian War

Main article: Battle of Tskhinvali
The monument to the victims of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict near the Armenian church in Tskhinvali

A considerable part of the population of South Ossetia (at least, 30,000 out of 70,000) fled into North Ossetia–Alania prior or immediately after the start of the 2008 war. However, many civilians were killed during the shelling and the following Battle of Tskhinvali (162 civilian deaths were documented by the Russian team of investigators and 365 – by the South Ossetian authorities). The town was heavily damaged during the battle due to extensive shelling by the Georgian Army. Andrey Illarionov visited the town in October 2008, and reported that Jewish Quarter indeed was in ruins, though he observed that the ruins were overgrown with shrubs and trees, which indicates that the destruction took place during the 1991–1992 South Ossetia War. However, Mark Ames, who was covering the last war for The Nation, stated that Tskhinvali's main residential district, nicknamed Shanghai because of its population density (it's where most of the city's high-rise apartment blocks are located), and the old Jewish Quarter, were completely destroyed.

Geography

Climate

Located in the Caucasus, at 860 metres (2,820 ft) above sea level, Tskhinvali has a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb), with an average annual precipitation of 805 millimetres (31.7 in). Summers are mild and winters are cold, with snowfalls.

Climate data for Tskhinvali
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1.9
(35.4) 		3.3
(37.9) 		7.8
(46.0) 		14.2
(57.6) 		19.5
(67.1) 		22.8
(73.0) 		25.2
(77.4) 		25.4
(77.7) 		21.2
(70.2) 		15.8
(60.4) 		8.7
(47.7) 		4.0
(39.2) 		14.2
(57.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.6
(27.3) 		−1.4
(29.5) 		2.8
(37.0) 		8.1
(46.6) 		13.3
(55.9) 		16.6
(61.9) 		19.1
(66.4) 		19.2
(66.6) 		14.9
(58.8) 		9.9
(49.8) 		4.1
(39.4) 		−0.4
(31.3) 		8.6
(47.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −7.1
(19.2) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		2.0
(35.6) 		7.2
(45.0) 		10.4
(50.7) 		13.1
(55.6) 		13.0
(55.4) 		8.6
(47.5) 		4.1
(39.4) 		0.5
(32.9) 		−4.7
(23.5) 		3.2
(37.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 46
(1.8) 		46
(1.8) 		52
(2.0) 		74
(2.9) 		97
(3.8) 		97
(3.8) 		75
(3.0) 		66
(2.6) 		60
(2.4) 		68
(2.7) 		65
(2.6) 		59
(2.3) 		805
(31.7)
Source: Climate-data.org

Present

21 August 2008. Valery Gergiev with Mariinsky Theatre opera in Tskhinvali.

Currently, Tskhinvali functions as the capital of South Ossetia. Before the 2008 war it had a population of approximately 30,000. The town remained significantly impoverished in the absence of a permanent political settlement between the two sides in the past two decades.

On August 21, 2008, a world-known Russian conductor and director of the Mariinsky Theatre, of Ossetian origin, Valery Gergiev conducted a concert near the ruined building of South Ossetian parliament in memory of the Ossetian victims of the Russo-Georgian War.

Transport

There was a railway service before 1991 at the Tskhinvali Railway station connecting the city with Gori.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Georgia

Twin towns and Sister cities

Tskhinvali is twinned with the following cities:

Notable people

See also

Notes

  1. South Ossetia's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is recognised by only a few other countries. The Georgian government and most of the world's other states consider South Ossetia de jure a part of Georgia's territory.
  2. Статистический сборник за январь-июнь 2019 г. Entry from September 4, 2019 on the website ugosstat.ru. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. "Information on Tskhinvali/South Ossetia Region". Archived from the original on 2023-10-15.
  4. (in Russian)Словарь географических названий.
  5. Bedoshvili, Guram (2002). Etymological-Explanatory Dictionary of Georgian Toponyms. Tbilisi: Bakur Sulakauri Publishing. p. 479.
  6. (in Russian)ИСТОРИЯ ЦАРСТВА ГРУЗИНСКОГО ("History of the Georgian Kingdom"), Вахушти Багратиони. Retrieved from vostlit.info on 24. August, 2008.
  7. The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (UK) (2007) "Georgia: a toponymic note concerning South Ossetia".
  8. Натиев, Ф. (1873). "Цхинвали" (PDF). Кавказъ (in Russian) (36). Тифлисъ: 1f.
  9. "Цхинвали. Электронная еврейская энциклопедия". 2006-07-04. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  10. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "UNHCR – UNHCR secures safe passage for Georgians fearing further fighting". UNHCR. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  11. "Мы полагаем, что мы в полной мере доказали состав преступления - Пресс-центр - Интерфакс". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  12. "Список погибших жителей Южной Осетии". Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  13. Илларионов Андрей. "Эхо Москвы :: Разворот Ситуация в Южной Осетии и Грузии: Андрей Илларионов". Эхо Москвы. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  14. "How To Screw Up A War Story: The New York Times At Work – By Mark Ames – The eXiled". Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  15. "Climate: Tskhinval". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  16. "Life and tempo of a maestro". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 September 2006.
  17. "South Ossetians enjoy requiem concert in shattered capital". The Guardian. August 21, 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  18. "Архангельск и Цхинвал могут стать городами-побратимами". Российская газета. December 22, 2008.
  19. "Архангельская область восстанавливает югоосетинскую 5-ю школу - KP.RU".
  20. "АРХАНГЕЛЬСК - ЦХИНВАЛ: ДРУЖБУ УКРЕПЛЯЕТ СПОРТ". АРХАНГЕЛЬСК - ЦХИНВАЛ: ДРУЖБУ УКРЕПЛЯЕТ СПОРТ.
  21. "Сообщение пресс-службы Министерства иностранных дел Республики Южная Осетия | Министерство иностранных дел".

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