South Ossetian passport

South Ossetian passports are issued to citizens of South Ossetia for the purpose of international travel and for the purpose of legal identification within South Ossetia. They were first issued on August 15, 2006. ^[1] As South Ossetia is only recognised by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Nauru, many South Ossertians also have Russian passports, which in practice are more useful for international travel.