At the A.A. Tibilov South Ossetian State University,with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, the event dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Zakharov, a well-known scientist-historian, professor, a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, an expert in the field of geopolitics of the Caucasus, a senior researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the press service of the university reported.
Within the framework of the event, the presentation of the book by V. Zakharov and M. Vaskov "Historical and political and legal foundations of the independence of the republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia" took place.
“The book is devoted to a problem that has caused a different attitude towards it from many world states. The bloody aggression of Georgia, which tried to return the people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia oppressed by it, the destruction of civilians, infrastructure facilities did not help the nationalist Georgian leadership. A few years later, with the development and support of the United States of plans for a new occupation, on 08.08.2008, a blitzkrieg took place, later called a five-day war, which ended in the complete collapse of the aggressor and Russia's recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. To date, five UN member States have recognized their independence. However, double standards in the world politics interfere with the normal life of these countries that have emerged in the post-Soviet space.
The Georgians called their operation in South Ossetia "Tsminda veli", meaning "an open field". But the Georgian language has outplayed the Georgian military. Another meaning of the word "tsminda" is "holy." They wanted to make South Ossetia a “an open field”, but it turned out to be a holy one ,” the press service said in the statement.
At the South Ossetian State University, they noted that the book was intended for students and teachers, for everyone interested in the history of the South Caucasus.
The authors thanked Yu.A. Dzizzoity and other colleagues - historians of Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
According to them, the book is dedicated to the victorious peoples in the Patriotic War of the last years of the XX - early XXI centuries, the memory of the innocent civilians and soldiers of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Lyamin Nikolai Anatolyevich - a Russian soldier, a knight of the Order of Leon, who gave his life for the Abkhaz people, and all his brothers in arms who fell in the battles for the freedom of the Republic of Abkhazia.
The authors thank the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, Daur Vadimovich Kove, and the rector of the A.A. Tibilov South Ossetian State University, Vadim Botazovich Tedeev, for their help in publishing the book.
Zakharov Vladimir Alexandrovich - Russian Lermonologist, writer, historian, Honorary Professor of the Modern Humanitarian Academy and the Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University. Honorary Doctor of the Artsakh State University. Member of the Writers' Union of Russia, Armenia and Artsakh. Expert in the field of geopolitics of the Caucasus, specialist in the history of the Order of Malta. Chevalier of the Order of Honor and Glory of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Order of Friendship of the Republic of South Ossetia.
He worked at the Central Museum of the Second World War 1941-1945. (on the Poklonnaya Hill), in the department for church charity of the Moscow Patriarchate, chancellor of the mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta in the Russian Federation, at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MGIMO (U) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. President of the Institute for Political and Social Research of the Black Sea-Caspian Region.
Vaskov Maxim Aleksandrovich - Russian sociologist and historian, Doctor of Sociology, Candidate of History. Professor at the Southern Federal University. Director - Scientific Director of the Center for International Research and Forecasting "World of the Caucasus". Honorary Professor of Mesrop Mashtots University, Artsakh. Honored Scientist of the Republic of South Ossetia. Member of the Union of Journalists of Russia. Member of the Russian Military Historical Society.
