The disputed region of Tskhinvali is also claimed by Georgia, but much of South Ossetia came under the "de facto" control of a separatist government following a 1991–1992 war. Georgia's 2008 war with Russia left the territory completely under separatist control, and South Ossetia has subsequently been recognized as an independent state by Russia and a small number of other nations, but not by the UN or most of the international community.