What the records say
- When
- 8 Aug 2008 – 11 Aug 2008
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 42.23° N, 43.97° E
- Description
- 2008 only major battle in the Russo-Georgian War
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Tsjinvali (capital de la República de Osetia del Sur, recientemente creada y apoyada por Rusia) ―en el marco de la segunda guerra de Osetia del Sur (del 1…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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