Twenty-year tragedy: Ossetian-Ingush conflict

Ossetian-Ingush conflict is led by two small people who have lived side by side on the same territory for many centuries. The aggravated phase of the confrontation began in 1992, but armed clashes took place only five days - from the thirty-first of October to the fourth of November of the same year.

Prerequisites

The main "apple of discord" was the Prigorodny district, on the territory of which Alans lived at different times, then the Ingush.

During the Stalinist repressions, the Ingush and Chechens were deported to Kazakhstan and Siberia, and the liberated land was included in North Ossetia and settled by Ossetians.

Fifteen years after the tragic events, a decision was made to rehabilitate and return the Chechens and Ingush to their native territories, and they began to occupy their villages again. But the Ossetians were not ready to give up the lands on which they had already settled down. Therefore, the Prigorodny district was left as part of North Ossetia, and in exchange the Chechen-Ingush ASSR received several other territories.

In the summer of 1992, the Ingush Republic was formed within the Russian Federation, but its borders were not clearly defined, and the Prigorodny district remained in the zone of interests of the Ossetians and Ingush. Against the backdrop of this complex situation, an armed conflict was provoked.

The beginning of hostilities

On October 30, 1992, the Ingush villages of the Prigorodny district began shelling, so that the Ingush left these lands forever. On the night of October 30 to October 31, there was a conflict between the military formations of the warring republics, and on November 1, Russian troops entered the territory. At the same time, the Extraordinary Committee for the Salvation of the Ingush Population was organized, the task of which was the evacuation of people from the war zone. After the Russian troops dissolved the opposing sides, the Ossetians began to take hostage and kill the Ingush. Virtually all the Ingush population was forced to leave their homes and flee to the territory of Ingushetia.

Effects

The Ossetian-Ingush conflict caused many deaths, more than 600 people died, almost 1,000 were injured, many people were missing. Thirteen Ingush villages of Prigorodny district were destroyed, where military operations took place. More than ninety percent of the cultural and historical values in this territory were lost forever.

As a result of the conflict, about thirty thousand Ingushes were deported from Ossetia. In this case, many died during a long transition across the border.

There have been no significant developments in Ingushetia or Ossetia since, and now the conflict has become protracted.

Further developments

The active actions that formed the Ossetian-Ingush conflict took place more than twenty years ago, but during this time their consequences were not completely eliminated. Both sides have repeatedly concluded various agreements, which, however, did not promote the resolution of the causes of the conflict. Thus, Ingushetia demands the return of the Prigorodny district to its composition and claims that Ossetia is delaying the process of resettlement. And that, in turn, indicates that the number of Ingush refugees is overstated, besides, the region does not yet have the necessary moral and psychological conditions for the joint living of the two peoples.

Attempts to resolve the conflict

In 2004, Putin signed a decree, according to which the responsibilities for the resettlement of refugees were assigned to his representation in the Southern Federal District.

In 2005, Ingushetia was the only Russian region that did not have administrative boundaries. According to one of the laws, they should be determined taking into account the rejected lands that are part of Ossetia. According to another law, the boundaries can be changed only by mutual consent of the parties, which could not be achieved. Later in the same year, a strategic plan was drawn up, which should complete the Ossetian-Ingush conflict. In this respect, the terms for the return of the Ingush, the places in which they were to be resettled, and many other details are described in detail. However, Dzasokhov, the president of Ossetia, refused to sign this document.

Thus, the conflict in Ossetia, which began because of a small piece of land, has been going on for two decades, and so far there is no real way to finish it.