Only from 1989 to 1992 Georgians killed over 3000 civilians in South Ossetia?

Question

over 300 bodies have never been found, over 100 villages have been burned down by Georgians, over 30,000 Ossetians were seeking refuge in Russia in order not to get killed by Georgians. Georgians forced Ossetians to change their Ossetian names, forced them to change their alphabet.

Is this a genocide or not?

Answer 1

From the listing/website below of:

Minor Atrocities of the Twentieth Century

Georgia, the former Soviet one (1992-95)

     SIPRI 1994: 2,500 (1992-93)

     B&J: 5,000 (1992-95)

     CDI: 6,000 (1992-95)

     23 May 1999 Denver Rocky Mtn News: >10,000

     9 May 1993 Fort Worth Star-Telegram

     Abkhazia: 700-1,500 k

     Southern Ossetia: 1,500

Sorry...but no... NOT genocide... "atrocity" and a MINOR one at that.

These deaths were as a result of RUSSIAN BACKED LOCAL separatists that led to widespread inter-ethnic violence and wars.

On April 9, 1989, a peaceful demonstration in the Georgian capital Tbilisi ended in a massacre in which several people (not thousands) were killed by Soviet troops.

Before the October 1990 elections to the national assembly, the Umaghlesi Sabcho (Supreme Council) — the first polls in the USSR held on a formal multi-party basis — the political landscape was reshaped again. While the more radical groups boycotted the elections and convened an alternative forum with alleged support of Moscow (National Congress), another part of the anticommunist opposition united into the Round Table—Free Georgia (RT-FG) around the former dissidents like Merab Kostava and Zviad Gamsakhurdia. The latter won the elections by a clear margin, with 155 out of 250 parliamentary seats, whereas the ruling Communist Party (CP) received only 64 seats. All other parties failed to get over the 5%-threshold and were thus allotted only some single-member constituency seats.

Supported by Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia achieved de facto independence from Georgia. Roughly 230,000 to 250,000 Georgians were expelled from Abkhazia by Abkhaz separatists and North Caucasians volunteers (including Chechens) in 1992-1993. Around 23,000 Georgians fled South Ossetia as well, and many Ossetian families were forced to abandon their homes in the Borjomi region and move to Russia.

I don't see ANY of this being the GEORGIAN's fault... except that they wanted INDEPENDENCE from Russia, and Russia has always tried to be the SPOILER in things... and STILL Russia is trying to make TROUBLE in Georgia.

So... besides this NOT being GENOCIDE... what's your point?

Have a right-wing day.