Administration of South Ossetia
provisional Administration of Georgia
The Administration of South Ossetia (Georgian: სამხრეთი ოსეთის ადმინისტრაცია, romanized: Samxreti Osetis administʼracia; Iron Ossetic: Хуссар Ирыстоны администраци, romanized: Xussar Irystony Administraci), officially the Administration of the Temporary Administrative-Territorial Unit on the Territory of the Former Autonomous Region of South Ossetia, was a provisional government that Georgia regarded as the legal government of South Ossetia. The administration was set up by the Georgian government as a transitional measure leading to the settlement of South Ossetia's status. The area lies within the territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast which was abolished by the Georgian government in 1990. Since then, South Ossetia has had no formal autonomous status within Georgia. Following the 2008 South Ossetia war, the Provisional Administration had no South Ossetian territory under its control and remained a nominal entity until it was abolished on 31 December 2025 and liquidated on 9 February 2026.
History
The Salvation Union of South Ossetia was founded in October 2006 by the ethnic Ossetians who were outspoken critics and presented a serious opposition to secessionist authorities of Eduard Kokoity.
The group headed by the former defence minister and then prime minister of secessionist government Dmitri Sanakoev organized the so-called alternative presidential election, on November 12, 2006 – parallel to those held by the secessionist authorities in Tskhinvali. High voter turnout was reported by the alternative electoral commission, which estimated over 42,000 voters from both Ossetian (Java district and Tskhinvali) and Georgian (Eredvi, Tamarasheni, etc.) communities of South Ossetia and Sanakoev reportedly received 96% of the votes. Another referendum was organised shortly after asking for the start of negotiations with Georgia on a federal arrangement for South Ossetia received 94% support. However the Salvation Union of South Ossetia turned down a request from a Georgian NGO, “Multinational Georgia”, to monitor it and the released results were very likely to be inflated.
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