"For Military Valor", "For Bravery", "Army General Margelov": South Ossetian residents were awarded by the Russian Cossack Organization
Defenders of the Fatherland, public figures and journalists of South Ossetia were awarded by the order of the head of the Main Directorate of the Federation of the Union of Cossacks of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Boris Shcherbin.
The orders and medals were presented to the recipients at the meeting of the Council of Veterans of the Armed Forces and Combat Operations of South Ossetia.