 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwema1980 nekuuya kweperestroika uye glasnost pasi paMikhail Gorbechev kusagadzikana kwakakwira pakati pevaOssetians nemaGeorgia, nevaOssetians vachisundira kuzere kweASSR chinzvimbo. Sezvo makakatanwa akakwira ikoko kurwisana kune masimba masimba pakati peGeorgians neOssetians muTskhinvali mukupera kwa1989. Muna Zvita 1990 Mutungamiri weGeorgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia akabvisa chinzvimbo chakazvimiririra cheSouth Ossetia, zvichikonzera Hondo yeSouth Ossetia ya1991-1992.. Munguvayi Georgia yakazivisa rusununguko rwayo muna April 1991. Pashure pokurwisana kunotyisa uye kufa kwevanhu vanenge 1 000 kusvika ku2 000, rugare rwakasainwa muna 1992, zvichiita kuti nzvimbo yeyaimbova South Ossetia AO igovaniswe pakati penzvimbo dzaiva nevaOssetian nevaGeorgia. 