Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: South Ossetia ( Ossetian : Ð Ñ Ñ Ñ Ð Ñ Ð Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ð 3\/4 Ð 1\/2 , Xussar Iryston ; Russian : Ð Ð Ð 1\/2 Ð Ñ Ð Ñ Ð Ñ Ð Ñ , Yuzhnaya Osetiya ; Georgian : á á á á á á '' á -- á á á '' á -- á , Samkhret Oseti ( unofficial ) ) is a de facto independent , disputed place in South Caucasus .
Simplified: On 10 November 1989 , the South Ossetian regional council asked the Georgian Supreme Council ( in Russian : Ð ' Ð Ñ Ñ Ð 3\/4 Ð Ð 1\/2 Ñ Ð Ð Ð 3\/4 Ð Ð Ñ Ð `` Ñ Ñ Ð Ð Ð ) for the region to be upgraded to that of `` autonomous republic '' .