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Russo-Georgian War

2008 Russian invasion of Georgia
Event war Q620735
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Summary

Russo-Georgian War is a war[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,009 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Georgia[3]
  • Instance of: military operation[4]
  • Location: South Ossetia[5], Georgia[6], Republic of Abkhazia[7]
  • Part of: Abkhazia conflict[8], Georgian–Ossetian conflict[9]
  • Commons category: Russo-Georgian War[10]
  • Target: peace enforcement[11]
  • Start time: August 7, 2008[12]
  • End time: August 12, 2008[13]
  • Point in time: August 8, 2008[14]
  • Participant: Russia[15], South Ossetia[16], Republic of Abkhazia[17], Georgia[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Russo-Georgian War[19]
  • Number of deaths: 229[20]
  • Has effect: Russia[21]
  • Different from: Q122337180[22]
  • Order of battle: Russian order of battle in South Ossetia war[23]

Why It Matters

Russo-Georgian War has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 138 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Alexander Bortnikov Anatoly Bibilov Dmitry Medvedev Georgia Russia Sergey Mylnikov Vladimir Putin

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . lenta.ru. lenta.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . timesonline.co.uk. timesonline.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · ДолбоЯщер · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 84
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'az', 'azb', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · Labrang · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Abkhazia conflict, Georgian–Ossetian conflict
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Part of: Second Cold War"
  3. 7w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Georgia
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50895|batch #50895]]: because of P276"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → Russia
    End time → —
    Part of → —
    Start time → +2008-08-07T00:00:00Z
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007545193805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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