Someone interested in a small, far away country being invaded by the Soviet Un ... whoops I mean, the Russian Federation? You can never learn enough :D    Interesting, As far as I know, Georgians are a distinct ethnic group, I can undersatnd their right for self determination from the soviet union, but are Ossetians a distinct ethnic group?     From the news and maps I've been checking out there's a piece of Ossetia in Russia (South Ossetia), and another piece of Ossetia in Georgia (North Ossetia), do people in this regions represent a homogeneous ethnic group?   Are they native to this region? Is this their homeland?    Kind of reminds me of the Basque people and the Basque Country territory split between Spain and France...    Or is it maybe like the Kosovo split out where a foreign ethnic group by invasion striped a country of a part of it's rightful territory? :confused:    Any Georgians, Russians or Ossetian StormFronters?? :)