Independence Day of South Ossetia

Coat of arms of South OssetiaOn September 20, wreaths and garlands of Glory are laid at the monuments of the dead, festive demonstrations, concerts, sports competitions are held.

On September 20, 1990, the Council of People’s Deputies of the South Ossetian Autonomous Region adopted a declaration on the state sovereignty of the South Ossetian Soviet Democratic Republic. In this document, the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast was proclaimed “the South Ossetian Soviet Democratic Republic (South Ossetia) within the USSR, state sovereignty as supremacy, independence and completeness of state power within the borders of its territory, the legitimacy of its laws, the independence of the republic in foreign relations.”

The declaration noted that "a natural and necessary condition for the further development of the South Ossetian Soviet Democratic Republic as a form of statehood of the Ossetian people is complete independence in resolving all political, socio-economic issues, with the exception of those that it voluntarily transfers to the jurisdiction of the USSR after its admission to its composition by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR."