Pressure On Abkhaz Leader Intensifies, by Liz Fuller
August 25, RFE/RL -- For over a year, the Abkhaz opposition has repeatedly criticized de facto President Sergei Bagapsh for what it considers excessive and unwarranted concessions to Russia....
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- The International Legal Status of the Republic of Abkhazia In the Light of International Law, by Viacheslav Chirikba
- 'Absence of Will': A commentary, prepared by Metin Sönmez
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- Remarks on the Georgian – Russian conflict of August 2008 and on Abkhazia (1995), by John Colarusso
- Declaration of the Revolutionary Committee of the SSR of Georgia on Independence of the SSR of Abkhazia - 21 May 1921
- A Reply to Svante Cornell’s Daily Telegraph Article (16 June 2009), by George Hewitt
- Abkhazia, Georgia, and history: a response, by George Hewitt
Abkhazia Today
- “Foreign Policy of the Republic of Abkhazia: Results and Prospects'' Round Table Held in Sukhum
- A century ago - A general view of Sukhum, Abkhazia
- PDF Ebooks on Abkhazia in Russian
- Medvedev: Abkhazia, S.Ossetia recognition ‘not a goal in itself’
- ''Hibla Gerzmava Invites...'' Classic Music Festival Opened in Sukhum
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A History Erased
Abkhazia's archive: fire of war, ashes of history
At the end of October, the Abkhazian Research Institute of History, Language and Literature named after Dmitry Gulia, which housed an important library and archive, was deliberately torched by the invaders, who were bent on destroying the documentary evidence that proved Abkhazians' residence in their historical homeland; also targeted was the capital's public library.
'Absence of Will': A commentary, prepared by Metin Sönmez. The documentary film "Absence of Will'', financed by Conciliation Resources (UK) and the Heinrich Boell Foundation (Germany), produced by Studio RE, and directed by Mamuka Kuparadze, was broadcast in 2009 for the first time.
Why I Apologize To Abkhaz People - Choice for Georgia: Georgian Chauvinism or Abkhazia? Ucha Nanuashvili, Initiator of “Sorry” Campaign
Executive Director of the Human Rights Center. December 29, 2009
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Thanks to Everyone, Everyone Is Free. South Ossetia and Abkhazia are gradually gaining independence from Russia, by Marina Pervozkina
(This article was published on Moskovskiy Komsomolets in Russian, 25 August 2010) "Abkhazia is less dependent on Russia than Russia is on Abkhazia," one of the popular Abkhaz newspapers wrote recently....
Military Aspects of the War. The Battle for Gagra (The Turning-point), by Dodge Billingsley
Chapter 9. 'The Abkhazians: A Handbook' by George Hewitt (Editor) Richmond, Surrey: The Curzon Press 1999. Mr. Billingsley obtained a BA in history from Columbia University and a MA in War Studies...
The Five-Day War: What Have We Learned?, by Igor Shatrov
Igor V. Shatrov | Special to Abkhaz World The world changed in August of 2008. The Five Day-War was the end of the Unipolar system of the world order, which existed after the Cold war. This...
A thorn in the side of Georgia’s Rose Revolution, by Robin Llewellyn
openDemocracy Robin Llewellyn is a master in international journalism, Cardiff University. Vakhtang Komakhidze was an investigative journalist in Georgia with a nose for a story and a record...
Two year anniversary of August War 2008, by Irakli Khintba
Abkhazia's situation is more complex than some Western policymakers seem to realise Irakli Khintba IISS - The International Institute for Strategic Studies | Caucasus Security Insight The...
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Abkhazia may accept the deployment of UN observers on its territory
SUKHUM, September 2 -- Press reports stating that Abkhazia is ready to host a new mission from the UN or UN observers are far from the current political reality and reflect only theoretical possibilities...
“Mothers of Abkhazia for peace and social justice” Movement Supports Resumption of Missing Persons Commission's Work
SUKHUM, August 30 -- The chairman of the “Mothers of Abkhazia for peace and social justice” movement Guli Kichba believes the government of the republic should change its attitude to the parents...
Presentation of the Ekaterine Bebia's Books "Our general SULTAN SOSNALIEV" and "Select Ones''
SUKHUM, August 27 -- Today, the State Committee for Repatriation hosted the launch of the books "Our general Sosnaliev Sultan" and "Select Ones" by journalist, writer and scholar Ekaterine Bebia....
Abkhazian delegation visits Jordan Chamber of Commerce
AMMAN, August 24 (Ammon News) -- First Deputy of the Jordan Chamber of Commerce Board Issa Murad discussed with a delegation from the Abkhazian Chamber of Trade and Industry means of boosting economic...
Abkhazians Have Their Rights, Too [Letters to the Editor - WSJ], by George Hewitt
It is a pity that Melik Kaylan did not take the time to visit Georgia's "occupied territories" before writing his commentary on Abkhazia and South Ossetia, instead of swallowing the propaganda...
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Why Can Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili Not Emulate Willi Brandt? by Liz Fuller
Liz Fuller | Special to Abkhaz...
Thinking the Unthinkable: What if Georgia and the West Were to Recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia? by Paul Goble
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The Georgia War and its consequences, by Alexander Rahr
Alexander Rahr | Special to Abkhaz...
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Origins and Evolutions of the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict, by Stephen D. Shenfield
In this paper I trace the emergence and evolution of the Georgian—Abkhaz conflict up to the invasion of Abkhazia by Georgian...
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The International Legal Status of the Republic of Abkhazia In the Light of International Law. Paper read at the conference “Independence of Abkhazia and Prospects for the Caucasus” organized by the Friends of Abkhazia Civil Initiative. Istanbul, Bilgi University, 30 May 2009.
Diaspora
Between Russia and the West: Turkey as an Emerging Power and the Case of Abkhazia, by Laurent Vinatier The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly Vol 7, No.4, December 2009 - pp. 73-94.
Selected Articles
- Abkhazia by John Colarusso
- The Stalin-Beria Terror in Abkhazia, 1936-1953, by Stephen D. Shenfield
- Why I Apologize To Abkhaz People, by Ucha Nanuashvili
- The west's moral failure over Georgia, by Sergei Bagapsh and Eduard Kokoity
- Abkhazia, Georgia and the Caucasus Confederation, by Stanislav Lakoba
- Soviet Abkhazia 1989 Facts and Thoughts, by Viktor Popkov
- Abkhazia: a problem of identity and ownership, by George B. Hewitt, 1993
- A reply to Paul Henze’s views on Georgia, by George Hewitt - February 1993
- Ossetia-Georgia-Russia-U.S.A. Towards a Second Cold War?, by Noam Chomsky
- A Chance to Join the World, by Neal Ascherson
- Opinion: Hottentot morality - Uri Avnery
- The West Shares the Blame for Georgia, By Anatol Lieven
- Abkhazia: A Broken Paradise, by Georgi Derluguian
- Abkhazia’s Statehood in the Post-Soviet Period, by T. M. Shamba, A. U. Neproshin
- Lesson to the West: Abkhazian independence is a fact, by Inal Khashig
- Nationalism, revolution and war in the Caucasus, by Tony Iltis
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Abkhazians - Who are they? by Y.N. Voronov
Abkhazia, Apsny – this is a mini-republic on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Its native inhabitants are the Abkhazians – Apsua, representing, although not a numerous but yet a very ancient, active, mountain nation whose history is a mystery in many ways. Who are they? Where did they come from?
Abkhazia, Apsny – this is a mini-republic on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Its native inhabitants are the Abkhazians – Apsua, representing, although not a numerous but yet a very ancient, active, mountain nation whose history is a mystery in many ways. Who are they? Where did they come from?
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Analysis
Why Independence For Abkhazia Is The Best Solution, by George Hewitt - After the Red Army brought Transcaucasia into the Bolshevik fold, Abkhazia's full republican status was recognised by Georgia on...
Conflict
Abkhazia: a problem of identity and ownership. History and Documents, by George B. Hewitt Central Asian Survey, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 267–323, 1993
Stalin-Beria Terror
Historical Maps
Abkhazia at various times in history
The maps included here give an idea of the frontiers of Abkhazia at various times in history. Click here to see historical maps
Report & Key Texts
- Declaration of the Revolutionary Committee of the SSR of Georgia on Independence of the SSR of Abkhazia - 21 May 1921
- TEPAV - ORSAM Report: Abkhazia for the Integration of the Black Sea
- EUROCLIO - 2005 - Fact Finding Mission to Abkhazia and Georgia
- UNPO: November 1992 Mission to Abkhazia
- UNPO: Human Rights Report Mission Abkhazia 1992-1994
Editor's Choice
Abkhazia is Abkhazia, by Stanislav Lakoba
Is it really true that being part of the world-community we Abkhazians, numbering about 100,000 in Abkhazia itself, are doing harm to this community. Is it possible that if mankind, having already lost in the 19th century our brothers the Ubykhs, is now to lose us Abkhazians at the close of the 20th century, it will become somehow richer in the 3rd millennium A.D.?!
