East Prigorodny conflict
Ethnic conflict between Ingush and Ossetians in North Ossetia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The East Prigorodny conflict, also referred to as the Ossetian–Ingush conflict,[lower-alpha 1] was an inter-ethnic conflict within the Russian Federation, in the eastern part of the Prigorodny District in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, which started in 1989 and developed, in 1992, into a brief ethnic war between local Ingush and Ossetian paramilitary forces.[3]
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Part of the Post-Soviet conflicts | |||||||
Prigorodny District in North Ossetia–Alania | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
North Ossetia Russian Federation | Ingush militia | ||||||
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Boris Yeltsin Akhsarbek Galazov | - | ||||||
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North Ossetian militia | Local Ingush groups | ||||||
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192 dead[2] 379 wounded[2] |
409 dead[3] 457 wounded[4] | ||||||
30,000–60,000 Ingush refugees[5] 9,000 Ossetian refugees[3] |
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