DECISION OF THE 16TH (2) SESSION OF THE  COUNCIL  OF THE PEOPLE’S DEPUTIES OF THE SOUTH OSSETIAN SOVIET DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC to Rename the South Ossetian Soviet Democratic Republic as the South Ossetian Soviet Republic

The 16th (2) session of the People’s Deputies of the Republic decides:

1. To Rename the South Ossetian Soviet Democratic Republic as the South Ossetian Soviet Republic.

The Chairman of the Ispolcom of the Council

of the People’s Deputies of the South OssetianSoviet Republic T. Kulumbegov

The Secretary of the Ispolcom of the Council

of the People’s Deputies of the South OssetianSoviet Republic K. Kokoev

28 November 1990

(Newspaper “Sovetskaia Ossetia”, # 226, 1 December, 1990)