Republic of Abkhazia Deputy Foreign Minister I.R. Khintba’s interview to the news agency ApsnyPress. Apsnypress: Irakli Revazovich, I would like to clarify one more time, what prompted the...
‘Abkhazia’s Day’ was held on 22 April, 2012, at Hamburg’s Museum of Ethnography under the rubric of the annual conference dedicated to the countries and peoples of the Caucasus. As ...
Demis Polandov, PRAGUE (Ekho Kavkaza) --- It is hard to call the decision by the Foreign Ministry of the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia to declare undesirable the presence at the Gal meetings ...
Vestnik Kavkaza Abkhaz FM Vyacheslav Chirikba told VK about the main vectors of Abkhaz foreign politcies, about its relations with Russia, business connections with Turkey and the ...
Comparative analysis between Kosovo and Abkhazia KOSOVO ABKHAZIA Kosovo never existed as a country before its recent creation. Abkhazia has a history as an independent country num...
"History of Christianity in Abkhazia" from AnyhaTV on Vimeo.
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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.
The Stalin-Beria Terror in Abkhazia, 1936-1953, by Stephen D. Shenfield -- In the period 1922—1930 Abkhazia enjoyed the status of a union republic associated with but not subordinate to Georgia. On February 19, 1931 the Sixth All-Georgian Congress of Soviets decided, presumably with Stalin’s consent, to deprive Abkhazia of this status and incorporate it into Georgia as an autonomous republic.
'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, Georgia. December 29, 2009
Publication date: MAR 2012 Source: Conciliation Resources It's 20 years since the start of the Georgian-Abkhaz war in 1992. At the heart of the conflict, one of a number that accompanied the...
IEP Policy Papers on Eastern Europe and Central Asia, No. 1/2012, Institut für Europäische Politik Berlin About the authors Barbara Gaweda is currently working as a public affairs consultant...
Ekho Kavkaza -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, dissatisfied with the refusal to register very serious incidents in the border-area, including several murders, slammed the "door" in the...
Roads & Kingdoms -- In order to make building materiel for a nest, a wasp masticates wood, mixing it up with saliva and spitting it out into a pulp. I have never tried making a home that way...
Stephen D. Shenfield | Special to Abkhaz World Introduction Prior to the Russian conquest of the Caucasus, Abkhaz and the other languages of the mountain peoples existed only in oral form....
SUKHUM -- The first group of compatriots from Syria, numbering 27 persons (including 12 children) today arrived in Abkhazia. As was reported to ApsnyPress by the head of the regional department...
SUKHUM -- Today, President Aleksandr Ankvab received the Ambassador of Germany to Georgia, Ortvina Hoenig. This is the first visit of the Ambassador, who was appointed two years ago. "Abkhazia is a wonderful...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia is totally perplexed by the confrontational position of the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission to Georgia (EUMM), general Andrzej Tyszkiewicz....
SUKHUM -- On April 23, 2012 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, Viacheslav Chirikba met with the delegation of the European Union, comprising of the Head of Operations...
SUKHUM -- Today, President Aleksandr Ankvab received Professor at the Sorbonne, leading member of the National Centre for Scientific Research in France, archaeologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Michael...
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...
Why Can Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili Not Emulate Willi Brandt? by Liz Fuller. The international community may have forgotten (or chosen to overlook) Georgia's earlier attempts to reconquer Abkhazia by force in May 1998 and September-October...
- Abkhazia by John Colarusso
- Vandals of the end of the XXth century, by Ermolay K. Adzhindzhal
- International law and the Russian “occupation” of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, by Richard Berge
- The west's moral failure over Georgia, by Sergei Bagapsh and Eduard Kokoity
- Abkhazia, Georgia and the Caucasus Confederation, by Stanislav Lakoba
- Two year anniversary of August War 2008, by Irakli Khintba
- Military Aspects of the War. The Battle for Gagra (The Turning-point), by Dodge Billingsley
- 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
- Thinking the Unthinkable: What if Georgia and the West Were to Recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia? by Paul Goble
- A Chance to Join the World, by Neal Ascherson
- Hitler calls on Georgians to win back Abkhazia
- 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
Commentary on the Resolution of the European Parliament for Georgia, 17 November 2011
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Transformation of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict: rethinking the paradigm, by Natella Akaba and Iraklii Khintba |
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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...
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
- Abkhasian Mountaineers - The Graphic (London, England), September 8, 1877
- Travels in Circassia – Part II - Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine: July-December, 1856
- Abkhazia is Abkhazia, by Stanislav Lakoba
- Place, Position and Future of Abkhazia in the Second New World Order, by Nikolai Zlobin
- It's time to talk, and it's time to be honest, by Nicholas Michael Morgan
- Documents from the KGB archive in Sukhum. Abkhazia in the Stalin years, by Rachel Clogg
- The Gali Obsession, by Richard Berge
- The view from Abkhazia of South Ossetia ablaze, by Paula Garb
- Wikileaks, South Ossetia and the Russian "reset", by Hans Mouritzen
- The Ethnic History of the Abkhazians in the XIX-XX centuries, by Tejmuraz Achugba
- Telegram from the Revolutionary Committee of Abkhazia of March 26, 1921
- 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
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