1
South Ossetians say the province's long-term future is as part of Russia.
2
It's delusional for the South Ossetians to think they could be independent.
3
I had a feeling the Ossetians were shooting directly at our houses.
4
Russia has earlier said South Ossetians and Abkhazians would only accept Russian peacekeepers.
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Georgia said it launched the invasion to protect its villages from the South Ossetians.
1
There was no help for it, so I hired six oxen and a few Ossetes.
2
The "joint team" is as common among the Lezghines as it is among the Ossetes.
3
I ordered the Ossetes to put my portmanteau into the cart, and to replace the oxen by horses.
4
The Ossetes surrounded me clamorously and demanded tips; but the staff-captain shouted so menacingly at them that they dispersed in a moment.
5
They say," he added, pointing to the Ossetes, "that they will lead us there if you will give them a tip."
6
Among the Ossetes the arbiters from three oldest villages enjoy a special reputation (M. Kovalevsky's Modern Custom and Old Law, Moscow, 1886, ii.