Events in South Ossetia and Abkhazia a year ago.

Retrospective post dedicated to events in South Ossetia and Abkhazia a year ago.





Battalion of the Russian army passed through the Caucasus Mountains in the vicinity of the South Ossetian village of Jaba towards conflict August 9, 2008 President Saakashvili declares martial law.
Photo: Dmitry Kostjukov / AFP

July 8 Yuzhgnoy Ossetia authorities arrested four Georgian soldiers in Tskhinvali. Later, the soldiers were released.
Photo: Kazbek Basayev / AFP / Getty Images



Coldat Georgian peacekeepers and police shows traces of shells fired from the South Ossetian side in the Georgian village of Nikozi on 5th August 2008.
Photo: George Abdaladze, AP Photo



The girl, a refugee from South Ossetia, sitting on the bed in Vladikavkaz, 4th August 2008.
Photo: Kazbek Basayev, AFP



Group rosiyskih military on the way to the conflict zone is located next to a herd of cows in the village of Jaba yugoosetinsom 9th August 2008.
Photo: Dmitry Kostjukov, AFP



Russian military on the way to the conflict zone. South Ossetia, 9th August 2008.
Photo: Dmitry Kostjukov, AFP



Georgian soldiers in Gori. 9th August 2008. Earlier, as reported by the Georgian public television, Russian jets have air strikes on Gori, killing civilians.
Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP



Russian aircraft causes air strikes on Georgian positions in Tskhinvali, 8th August 2008.
Photo: Vano Slimes, Getty Images



Russian military helicopter flies over the road connecting Tskhinvali and Gori, 10th August 2008.
Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP



Unidentified aircraft causes air strikes on the town of Gori. 8th August 2008.
Photo: George Abdaladze, AP Photo



Wounded Georgian woman in Gori after Russian air strike aviatstonnymi forces.
According to the photographer, then helped the woman to go to a safe place its neighbors.
Photo: George Abdaladze, AP Photo



Georgian soldiers pass by the Russian military forces destroyed the city of Gori on 9th August 2008.
Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP



Shelling Georgian troops yugoosteinskoy side. 8th August 2008.
Photo: Vano Slimes, Getty Images



A man with a wounded child in the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, 9th August 2008.
Photo: Musa Sadullayev, AP photo



The evacuation of residents in the Georgian village close to Tskhinvali. 8th August 2008.
Photo: George Abdaladze, AP Photo



Residents Dzuarikau throw the Russian military, moving into a place of conflict, cigarettes and water. 9th August 2008.
Photo: Kazbek Basayev / AFP / Getty Images



South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity, stands next to the Russian tanks in the South Ossetian town of Java, 9th August 2008.
Photo: Dmitry Kostjukov, AFP



A man looks at the unknown dead people who fought for the South Ossetian side in Java. 9th August 2008.
Photo: Dmitry Kostjukov, AFP



South Ossetian soldier gets on APCs, August 10, 2008.
Photo: Dmitry Kostjukov, AFP



Dr. next to the wounded man in the basement of a destroyed hospital in Tskhinvali. 10th August 2008.
Photo: Dmitry Kostjukov, AFP



People hold candles during a protest outside the Georgian Embassy in Moscow.
Photo: Sergey Karpuhin, Reuters



A car drives through a burning forest near the Georgian city of Gori. 10th August 2008.
Photo: Sergei Grits, AP photo



Georgia resident is selected from the conflict zone, the 10th of August 2008
Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP



Russian military forces strike in Ardon Gorge (Russia) on the border with Georgia. 9th August 2008
Photo: Musa Sadullayev, AP photo



Georgian soldiers killed in the street on the outskirts of Tskhinvali. 10th August 2008.
Photo: Dmitry Kostjukov, AFP



Georgian police help wounded soldier in Gori, 8th August 2008.
Photo: Vano Slimes, Getty Image



Russian military plane lands at the airport in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. 10th August 2008.
Photo: Vladimir Popov, AP photo



The guards escort President Saakashvili in Gori, August 11, 2008.
Photo: Sergei Grits, AP photo



Georgian woman cries in Gori, 80 km. from Tbilisi, August 11, 2008.
Photo: Gleb Garanich, Reuters

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