ІСТОРІОГРАФІЧНІ АСПЕКТИ ВИВЧЕННЯ РОСІЙСЬКО-ГРУЗИНСЬКОЇ ВІЙНИ СЕРПНЯ 2008 РОКУ

Abstract

The article analyzes the main Georgian, Russian and Ukrainian scientific sources, in which researched the causes of Russo-Georgian war occurrence in August 2008. The study relevance is to describe the significant differences in the views of different countries scientists in studying of this problem. Was made an attempt to find out the problem's etymology and to generalize the scientific results of Georgian, Russian and Ukrainian researchers in various scientific fields on the causes of the Russian-Georgian war in August 2008 and its consequences both for Georgia and for the development of the international situation.The article attempts to conduct comparative historical analysis both in the context of studying the changes in international political processes, and in view of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, which began in 2014. Also describes possible scenarios for the further development of the Russian-Georgian conflict, the military-strategic mistakes of then government, the well-planned Russian military and informational and psychological provocative operations.It shows the position of representatives of Georgian and Western scientific and expert circles, which define the sides of conflict as follows: Russia is an authoritarian aggressor, Georgia is a democratic victim.In the article is noted the differences in the Russian and pro-Russian scientific environment views on the war causes, who assume the war conduction as a complex of Russian side actions for protecting «offended» small ethnic groups in Georgia. It also emphasizes the position of Ukrainian researchers who did not investigate the conflict fundamentally, while using the conclusions of both sides and giving preference to the Russian position.The conclusions made suggest the false approach of this «multi-vector» position in the Russian-Georgian war studies by Ukrainian researchers, since today aspects of the Russian Federation aggressive policy towards Ukraine are obvious in the context of direct Russian military aggression in the East of Ukraine.