2011 South Ossetian referendum

none July 2023 Do you agree Ossetian and Russian should be the national languages of South Ossetia? 13 November 2011 South Ossetia 19797 3902 38 23737 A referendum on making Ossetian and Russian official languages was held in South Ossetia on 13 November 2011,http://www.presidentrso.ru/edicts/detail.php?ID=3914 Decree to postpone a vote on the referendum in the Republic of South Ossetia 12 August 2011 Official website of the President of South Ossetia Russian 26 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110913150350/http://presidentrso.ru/edicts/detail.php?ID=3914 13 September 2011 dead alongside presidential elections. The referendum was originally scheduled for 11 September 2011,http://presidentrso.ru/edicts/detail.php?ID=3795 Decree on holding a referendum in the Republic of South Ossetia 27 June 2011 Official website of the President of South Ossetia Russian 10 July 2011 Tskhinvali https://web.archive.org/web/20111007190007/http://presidentrso.ru/edicts/detail.php?ID=3795 7 October 2011 dead but on 12 August the decision was made to postpone it. Prior to the referendum the first section of the fourth article of the constitution states that Ossetian is the national language in South Ossetia, while the second section states that Russian (together with Ossetian and, in certain cases, Georgian) is the official language of government bodies, state administration and local self-government.Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia https://web.archive.org/web/20110914222928/http://presidentrso.ru/republic/constitution.php 14 September 2011 (in Russian) on the official website of the President of South Ossetia Results Do you agree Ossetian and Russian should be the national languages of South Ossetia? ChoiceVotes%For19,79783.54Against3,90216.46Invalid/blank votes38–Total23,737100Registered voters/turnout 67.05Source: Direct Democracy References Category:2011 referendums Category:2011 in Georgia (country) Category:Language policy in Russia Category:Referendums in South Ossetia Category:2011 in South Ossetia Category:Language referendums