Residents of Georgia and South Ossetia remember events of "five-day war"

About 200 Georgian citizens held an action at the border with South Ossetia and paid tribute to the memory of the people who fell victim to the "five-day war." According to Georgian residents, who left South Ossetia, the war of 2008 divided families for many years. In the city of Tskhinvali, Anatoly Bibilov, the leader of South Ossetia, has visited the memorial plates installed in the places where South Ossetian soldiers and officers were killed. Residents of South Ossetia believe the war threw the society dozens of years back.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on August 7, mourning ceremonies began in South Ossetia. In Tbilisi, opposition leaders laid wreaths at graves of Georgian soldiers and officers.

According to participants of an action in the Shida Kartli Region about 400 meters from the border with South Ossetia, they held it with the expectation it could be seen from the other side of the border.

Residents of the border villages have noted that it is hard for them to remember the days of the war.

After the "five-day war," eight or ten ethnic Georgians moved from Tskhinvali to the central part of Georgia, and ethical Ossetians preferred to move to Vladikavkaz, reported Bella Nakashidze.

She moved from Tskhinvali to Tbilisi in 2012. The woman has emphasized that she moved because of the war, since she lived with her son in Tskhinvali, while her daughter lived in Tbilisi.

According to Murman Kasadze, a resident of the village of Ergneti, after the war, houses in the village were restored only partially. He left the village on August 11, when the Russian troops entered it. After the return, his family members found their house completely devastated.

David Byazrov, a resident of Tskhinvali, still lives in a war-torn house on the outskirts of Tskhinvali, from where Georgian military vehicles entered the city.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.