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Tskhinvali (; ) is the capital of ___MASK92___ , a disputed region in ___MASK81___ . It has been recognised as an independent Republic by Russia and three other UN members . ___MASK92___ is a de facto independent state that controls its claimed territory , in part with the support of Russian troops . Despite this , it is recognised by all other UN members as part of ___MASK81___ . ___MASK41___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK41___ is the largest country in the ___MASK86___ by surface area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016 . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European ___MASK41___ . ___MASK41___ ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the ___MASK86___ , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . ___MASK92___ , also known as the Tskhinvali Region , is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus , located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian SSR . Its population of 53 , 000 lives in an area of 3 , 900 km , south of the Russian Caucasus , with 30 , 000 living in its capital city of Tskhinvali . Rokata is a settlement in the Java district of ___MASK92___ . The South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast (, Ossetian :     ) was an autonomous oblast of the ___MASK66___ created within the Georgian SSR on April 20 , 1922 . Its autonomy was revoked on December 10 , 1990 by the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR , leading to the First South Ossetian War . Currently , its territory is controlled by the breakaway Republic of ___MASK92___ .