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Michael Totten in Tbilisi

August 21, 2008 - 9:10 pm - by Richard Fernandez
fedya
2008-08-22 14:23:24

@Konyok:
I suspect that the southern populations were placed by the Russians along the road to service and protect the road.

That’s my suspicion in a nutshell. Even if some Ossettians moved into Georgia as refugee farm laborers, their recognized status under the Czars depended entirely on their being picked for “the team” as opposed to two dozen other ethnic groups within any 100 mile radius.