International Alert: Georgia-Abkhazia on the road to 2020

International Alert: Georgia-Abkhazia on the road to 2020

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...

Reflections on Abkhazia: [14 August] 1992-2012

Reflections on Abkhazia: [14 August] 1992-2012

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...

Abkhazia, from conflict to statehood, by George Hewitt

Abkhazia, from conflict to statehood, by George Hewitt

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...

Vyacheslav Chirikba: “Abkhazia without the Abkhaz people would merely turn into a second Sochi or Adler”

Vyacheslav Chirikba: “Abkhazia without the Abkhaz people would merely turn into a second Sochi or Adler”

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 ...

Kosovo or Abkhazia: Contrasts and Comparisons

Kosovo or Abkhazia: Contrasts and Comparisons

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...

Mountains of Abkhazia

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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.

Stalin-Beria Terror in Abkhazia


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' Commentary

'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

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

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Review of Donald Rayfield, 'Edge of Empires. A History of Georgia' & Corrigenda to Stephen Jones’ 'Georgia. A Political History Since Independence'

Review of Donald Rayfield, 'Edge of Empires. A History of Georgia' & Corrigenda to Stephen Jones’ 'Georgia. A Political History Since Independence'

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:...

Abkhazia Twenty Years On, Some Thoughts, by John Colarusso

Abkhazia Twenty Years On, Some Thoughts, by John Colarusso

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...

Unholy Trinity by Donald Rayfield (1992)

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...

The solitude of Abkhazia, by Douglas W. Freshfield

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...

The Abkhaz parliament – In search of balance, by Ibragim Chkadua

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...

International Alert: Georgian and Abkhaz perspectives from the region

Abkhazia: difficult way from the Soviet Autonomy to partially recognized state, by Sergey Markedonov

Thirty years of "guilt" (1877-1907), by Stanislav Lakoba

Abkhazian impressions, by Uwe Klussmann

Review of Mariam Lordkipanidze "The Abkhazians and Abkhazia" Tbilisi, 1990, by Yuri Voronov

History: 18th Century-1917, by Stanislav Lakoba

Byzantine culture influences on the people of North, by Michel Kazanski

Jaundiced view of a war that stayed‏, by Richard Clogg

The social reality of Atalychestvo in Abkhazia in the 19th and Start of the 20th Century, by Shalva Inal-Ipa

The Caucasian language material in Evliya Çelebi's “Travel book” A Revision, by Jost Gippert

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NKR Foreign Ministry delegation participating in the anniversary events in Abkhazia

NKR Foreign Ministry delegation participating in the anniversary events in Abkhazia

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...

The Abkhaz Side Proposes to Put the Issue of De-Isolation of Abkhazia on the Agenda of the Geneva Discussions

The Abkhaz Side Proposes to Put the Issue of De-Isolation of Abkhazia on the Agenda of the Geneva Discussions

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 in Istanbul

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,...

The presentation has taken place in Sukhum of Nicholas Ioanidi’s republished book "Greeks in Abkhazia"

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...

The 1st May marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of the prominent statesman and public figure of Abkhazia, Nestor Lakoba

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...

145 Repatriants from the Syrian Arab Republic are Settled into the hotel "Aytar" in Sukhum

Abkhazian children are victims of the 23rd April

AbkhazWorld's new website project: Abkhazia in Vision (www.abkhazia.co.uk)‏

Laz Intellectuals Explain Their View of Laz Ethnicity

The Children's Fund of Abkhazia expresses outrage at the exclusion of Abkhazia from the list of countries invited to Turkey for the International Children's Festival

Statement by the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Abkhazia in connection with the exclusion of Abkhazia from the list of countries invited to Turkey for an international children's festival

The State Repatriation Committee Holds a Meeting on the Issue of Repatriation from Syria

New Publication | Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts

Over two hundred representatives of the Abkhazian diaspora in Syria want to return to their historical homeland

Meeting with the Co-Chairs of the Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the South Caucasus Held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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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...

Commentary

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...

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.

Art

Hibla Gerzmava
Soprano,
was born the 6th of January1970 in Pitsunda, Abkhazia. People's Artist of the Republic of Abkhazia.

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

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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 

From The Archives

- Abkhasian Mountaineers - The Graphic (London, England), September 8, 1877

- Travels in Circassia – Part II - Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine: July-December, 1856

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