NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND THE RIGHT OF NATIONS TO SELF-DETERMINATION(ON THE EXAMPLE OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA)

Abstract

The article analyzes the problem of national self-determination up to secession and the formation of a new independent state. The author makes a historical excursion into the history of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, supported by political and legal documents showing the actual sovereignty of the two newly independent states of the South Caucasus. At the same time it draws attention to the principles of science, truthfulness, objectivity and historicism. Used sources dedicated to Abkhaz and South Ossetian peoples, as well as documentary historical and legal materials, showing independence of the two young states.