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South Ossetia South Ossetia, officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus with International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, partial diplomatic recognition. It has an offici ...

close to the border with

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in the

Akhalgori Municipality Akhalgori Municipality or Leningor District ( ka, ახალგორის მუნიციპალიტეტი, tr, , ) is a municipality in Georgia (country), Georgia or South Ossetia respectively. Georgia (country), Georgia considers Ak ...

, which South Ossetia refers to as the Leningor district.

Geography

Tsinagari is located on the Tiripon Plain at the southwestern edge of the Akhalgori Municipality and is one of the Municipality's most developed settlements.

History

Between South Ossetia's independence in 1991 and the 2008 Russo Georgian War, Tsinagari was the capital of the South Ossetian Leningor district. Following the 2008 war and South Ossetia's conquest of Georgian held Akhalgori Municipality the capital of the district was moved to

Akhalgori Akhalgori ( ka, ახალგორი; ) is a town in Georgia (in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, according to the official administrative division of Georgia). The name Akhalgori is the original historical name of the town used by the Georgians ...

Secondary school

Between 2020 and 2022 the village became the center of a dispute as the

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's gym, which was built by the South Ossetian Ministry of Construction, never had a

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installed rendering it without electricity and inoperable. The school's administrator and former member of the

Parliament of South Ossetia The Parliament of South Ossetia is the unicameral legislature of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia. The 34 members of parliament are elected using a mixed system of Party-list proportional representation (17) and single-member d ...

Lasko Gussoev Lasko Gussoev is an Ossetian people, Ossetian politician from the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia that served as a member of the Parliament of South Ossetia. Career At the age of 24 Gussoev was one of the youngest people to ever be ...

lobbied extensively for the transformer, arguing that the lack of government communication was a sign of incumbent

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Anatoly Bibilov Anatoly Ilyich Bibilov (; , ; born 6 February 1970) is a South Ossetian military officer, was the fourth president of South Ossetia. He succeeded Leonid Tibilov as president on 21 April 2017 to 24 May 2022, following his election victory, but ...

's corruption or incompetence. Additionally, the school, which was built in 1970 and has seen no renovations, has been the subject of a proposed major renovation which has not been granted by governmental authorities.

Demographics

According to the 1959 Soviet census, the majority of residents where ethnically Ossetian.

References

Populated places in Akhalgori District Cities and towns in Mtskheta-Mtianeti {{Georgia-geo-stub