International Alert State, politics, economy and society Date : Thursday, 31 January, 2013 On 1st October 2012 Georgians went to the polls to elect a new parliament, sweeping to victory the oppo...
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The bulk of the world’s ethnic Abkhazians today live in Turkey as part of the North West Caucasian diaspora, their ancestors having lost their homeland as a consequence of Russia’s vict...
openDemocracy A bitter post-Soviet war in 1992-93 saw the Black Sea territory of Abkhazia resist invasion from Georgia and establish an independent statehood. But amid non-recognition from a...
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 prospects ...
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...
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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
In 2012 two books were published by British scholars dealing with the history of Georgia. Donald Rayfield, Emeritus professor of Queen Mary, University of London, complemented his Literature of Georgia:...
Reflections on Abkhazia: [14 August] 1992-2012 The Republic of Abkhazia, factually an independent state with limited formal recognition, a client of Moscow, and unlikely ever to be a component of...
September 11, 1992 New Statesman & Society, Vol. 5 Issue 219, p19 Donald Rayfield outlines Eduard Shevardnadze’s shaky status, as Georgia’s triumvirate provokes bloodshed in Abkhazia “Who...
An excerpt from ‘The solitude of Abkhazia’ (pp.191-220), where Douglas W. Freshfield affectionately describes not only the wonderful scenery but also the sad desolation following the migration of the...
International Alert: Georgian and Abkhaz perspectives from the region The Abkhaz state has entered its twentieth year of independent existence. A huge, if not leading, role in shaping the legal and democratic...
The delegation of the Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, headed by Minister Karen Mirzoyan, is participating in the events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Foreign Ministry of the...
SUKHUM -- There was an intensive discussion of a whole range of issues related to the results of the 23rd Round of the Geneva Talks and the new round coming on June 25-26- the Foreign Minister Viacheslav...
Abkhazian Culture Days, organized by the Kartal Municipality of Istanbul and the Federation of the Caucasian Associations (Kaffed), is being celebrated in Istanbul. Kartal Mayor, Op. Dr. Altınok Öz,...
SUKHUM -- The presentation of Nicholas Ioanidi’s book "Greeks in Abkhazia" was held today at the Zurab Achba Centre "World without Violence". The book in Russian and Greek was reprinted in Greece with...
SUKHUM -- Today, in the large conference-room of the Cabinet of Ministers a solemn meeting of the public, dedicated to this anniversary, was held. "Today, when the 120th anniversary of the birth of Nestor...
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
- On the 20th anniversary of the start of Georgia’s war against Abkhazia, by Stanislav Lakoba
- 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
- Baron Pyotr Karlovich Uslar: Inventor of the First Abkhaz Alphabet, by Stephen D. Shenfield
- Lesson to the West: Abkhazian independence is a fact, by Inal Khashig
- Abkhazia, from conflict to statehood, by George Hewitt
Commentary on the Resolution of the European Parliament for Georgia, 17 November 2011
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Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts
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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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