Foreign Policy Institutions of Post-Soviet De Facto States

This database contains information on diplomatic, consular, and other missions of four post-Soviet de facto states: Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, and Nagorno-Karabakh. It is structured across four Microsoft Excel files with worksheets detailing the geographic location of foreign institutions and other related data. The data was compiled and verified using official ministry websites, organizational resources, and social media platforms.

Use Cases

• Map the geographic scope of diplomatic missions for each de facto state using location data.
• Analyze the foreign policy vectors of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by examining the list of recognizing states and their year of recognition.
• Cross-reference data on Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) missions for Abkhazia with other institutional locations.
• Study the network of honorary consuls for Nagorno-Karabakh as provided by the Republic of Armenia.
• Verify representative residency information sourced from social media platforms like VKontakte and Facebook.

Strengths

• Covers four specific de facto polities: Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, and Nagorno-Karabakh.
• Implements a comprehensive verification approach using official websites and social media cross-checking.
• Includes unique data sections such as recognition states for Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and CCI missions for Abkhazia.

Limitations

• The dataset is provided in Microsoft Excel format, which may limit automated analysis and integration without conversion.
• Sample data and specific column structures are unavailable for review, obscuring the exact data schema.
• The temporal coverage and update frequency for the underlying data points are not specified.

Provenance

Source

DGGD – Diplomatic Geography Geospatial Dataverse, authored by Igor Okunev.

Collection Method

Data gathered from websites of ministries, agencies, the Armenian MFA, the Abkhazian CCI, the World Abkhaz-Abaza Congress, and the OSCE, with verification via social media platforms.

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 2026-03-20.

Geography

Global coverage of missions related to Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, and Nagorno-Karabakh.