 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera shanduko yeRussia, nzvimbo yeSouth Ossetia yemazuva ano yakava chikamu cheDemocratic Republic of Georgia. Muna 1918, kurwisana kwakatanga pakati pevarimi veOssetian vakanga vasina ivhu vaigara muShida Kartli Inner Georgia, avo vakanga vafurirwa neBolshevism uye vaida kuva varidzi venyika dzavaishanda, uye hurumende yeMenshevik yakatsigira vanhu vorudzi rwechiGeorgian, avo vaiva varidzi vepamutemo. Kunyange zvazvo vaOssetian pakutanga vakanga vasingagutsikani nemitemo yezvoupfumi yehurumende huru, kusawirirana kwakakurumidza kuchinja kuva kurwisana kwemadzinza. Kumukira kwokutanga kwevaOssetian kwakatanga muna February 1918, apo machinda matatu eGeorgia akaurayiwa uye nyika yavo yakatorwa nevaOssetian. Hurumende yepakati yeTiflis yakatsiva nokutumira National Guard kunzvimbo yacho. Zvisinei, chikwata cheGeorgia chakadzokera shure pashure pokunge chakarwisana nevaOssetian. Vapanduki vokuOssetia vakabva vapinda muguta reTskhinvali vakatanga kurwisa vagari vemo vokuGeorgia. Munguva yokumukira muna 1919 na 1920, vaOssetian vakatsigirwa pachivande neSoviet Russia, asi kunyange zvakadaro, vakakundwa. Maererano nezvakataurwa nemanyuko eOssetian, kupwanywa kwechimurenga cha1920 kwakakonzera kufa kwevaOssetian zviuru zvishanu, nepo nzara yakatevera nedenda zvaive zvikonzero zvekufa kwevanhu vanopfuura zviuru gumi nezvitatu. 