Right !!!!!!
Just like the revolutionary war was between the English and the French, with the Americans taking the side of the French.
Wrong.
If you are going to use the Revolutionary war as an analogy, then Russia would be like the French helping the Americans.
South Ossetia is sovereign and independent.
{...
South Ossetia (
/ɒˈsɛtjə/, less commonly
/ɒˈsiːʃə/),
[4] officially the
Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania,
[5][6] or the
Tskhinvali Region, is a
breakaway state in the
South Caucasus.
[7] It has an officially stated population of just over 53,000 people, who live in an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), on the south side of the
Greater Caucasus mountain range, with 30,000 living in the capital city,
Tskhinvali.
Russia,
Venezuela,
Nicaragua,
Nauru, and
Syria recognise the separatist polity of the
Republic of South Ossetia (or the "State of Alania").
[8][9][10][11][12] While Georgia does not control South Ossetia, the
Georgian government and most members of the
United Nations consider the territory part of
Georgia, whose constitution designates the area as "the former autonomous district of South Ossetia", in reference to the
South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast disbanded in 1990.
[13]
Georgia does not recognise the existence of South Ossetia as a political entity, and the territory comprising South Ossetia does not correspond to any Georgian administrative area (although Georgian authorities have set up the
Provisional Administration of South Ossetia as a transitional measure leading to the settlement of South Ossetia's status), with most of the territory included into
Shida Kartli region. When neutral language is deemed necessary, both Georgia and international organisations often refer to the area informally as the (legally undefined) "Tskhinvali Region".
[nb 1]
The South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, established by Soviet authorities in 1922,
declared independence from the
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991. The Georgian government responded by abolishing South Ossetia's autonomy and trying to re-establish its control over the region by force.
[14] The escalating crisis led to the
1991–1992 South Ossetia War.
[15] Georgians have fought against those controlling South Ossetia on two other occasions: in
2004 and in
2008.
[16] The latter conflict led to the
Russo-Georgian War of August 2008, during which Ossetian and Russian forces gained full
de facto control of the territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast. In the wake of the 2008 war, Georgia and a significant part of the
international community regard South Ossetia as
occupied by the Russian military.
South Ossetia relies heavily on military, political and financial aid from Russia.
[17][18]
...}
