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17 July, 2026
The violent clashes that erupted in Sukhum on 15–16 July 1989 marked a decisive turning point in modern Abkhaz history. Although the immediate dispute centred on the proposed establishment of...
16 July, 2026
In July 1989, a dispute over the proposed establishment of a Sukhum branch of Tbilisi State University became the focal point of a much deeper confrontation over authority, identity and...
14 July, 2026
In this 1965 ethnographic essay, the distinguished Abkhazian historian and ethnographer Shalva Inal-Ipa (1916 to 1995) traces the maritime traditions of the Abkhazians through archaeology, historical sources, language, folklore, toponymy...
13 July, 2026
In his 1954 book Giorgi Merchule, Georgian scholar Pavle Ingorokva argued that the Abkhazians who lived in ancient and medieval western Transcaucasia were not the same people as the contemporary...
13 July, 2026
Two years after Abkhaz reached Google Translate, cheap and imperfect AI tools sit within reach of Abkhazia's ministries, newsrooms, classrooms and diaspora associations; used carelessly they will speed the drift...
11 July, 2026
Originally published in the Georgian journal Moambe in 1895, this remarkable account by Konstantin Machavariani (Abu-kino), centred on his conversation with Murzakan Kodor-ipa, offers a contemporary perspective on Abkhazia, the...
04 June, 2022
The Rise and Fall and Revival of the Ibero-Caucasian HypothesisHistoriographia Linguistica Vol. 35:1/2 (2008), pp. 23–82 Kevin Tuite Professor of Anthropology at the Université de Montréal 8. The Ibero-Caucasian hypothesis and the historiography of Abkhazia (pp.53-65)8.1 P’avle Ingoroq’va, Giorgi Merčule, and the...
24 February, 2022
In 1989 at the start of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict the late Academician Andrei Sakharov in one of his last articles called Georgia a ‘mini-empire’ (Ogonёk 1989, 31). Later, describing the relationship between Abkhazia and Georgia, he wrote: "I tend to justify...
26 April, 2020
Nationalism, politics, and the practice of archaeology, edited by Philip L. Kohl and Clare Fawcett Cambridge University Press 1995 Nationalism, politics, and the practice of archaeology in the Caucasus (Part III Eastern Europe and Eurasia) pp. 149-174 By Philip L. Kohl and Gocha R...
21 October, 2008
Abkhazia: a problem of identity and ownership History and Documents Central Asian Survey, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 267–323, 1993 by George B. Hewitt The Abkhazians living in Turkey have preserved very well the customs, language and dances carried there from Abkhazia by their ...
01 July, 2026
How, between 1917 and 1921, Abkhazians kept choosing a pan-Caucasian path of their own, and twice had a different answer imposed by force. In the autumn of 1917 the Abkhaz had something most small peoples never get. A choice. The Russian Empire...
29 June, 2026
In the year 137, a Roman official named Flavius Arrian sailed down the eastern shore of the Black Sea on the emperor Hadrian's business and wrote up what he saw. Among the peoples he passed were the Apsilae, whose king...
23 May, 2020
In June 1861, on the initiative of the Ubykhs, a 'mejlis' (parliament) was constituted not far from Sochi; it was known as 'The Great and Free Assembly'. The Ubykhs, the Circassian Shapsughs and Abadzekhs/Abzakhs, and the Abkhazian tribes of Ahchypsy...
14 February, 2020
After most of Abkhazia’s indigenous Abkhazians were expelled to Ottoman lands firstly at the end of the Russian-Caucasian War (1864) and then following the Russo-Turkish War (1877-78), their vacated lands immediately started to attract colonisation from such diverse incomers as:...
19 January, 2024
Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia Abkhaz Institute of Humanitarian Research Named after D.I. Gulia, AbIGI 2022 Аҧсуаҭҵаара / Abkhaz Studies. No.12. Sukhum. 2022. pp. 99-111 The article is also available in PDF format in both Russian (original) and English.
12 October, 2023
In the book "Ответ историкам из Тбилиси (документы и факты)" (English: "A Response to Historians from Tbilisi: Documents and Facts"), Abkhazian historian Stanislav Lakoba addresses critical issues surrounding Georgian-Abkhazian relations. Drawing from extensive research and documentation, Lakoba delves deep into...
03 October, 2023
On September 30th, Abkhazia marked its Victory Day in the Georgian-Abkhazian war. In 1993, Abkhazia's Armed Forces successfully repelled Georgian troops, asserting control over the country's territory up to the Abkhazian-Georgian border along the Ingur River. Reactions to this day...
18 April, 2023
Throughout the 19th century, the Russian-Caucasian War brought about significant changes in the geopolitical landscape of the region. The conflict between the Russian Empire and the native peoples of the Caucasus led to significant population displacements, including those of the...
19 August, 2022
This article has been written in Russian and is translated into English. Vadim M. MukhanovHead of Caucasus Department of The Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO). Russia. In 1917, i.e. in the first revolutionary...
15 October, 2008
Stanislav Lakoba Minister of Security in Abkhazia, former speaker of Abkhazian ParliamentA Report At A London Conference On North Caucasus and Abkhazia 23th April, 1993Central Asian Survey, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 97–105, 1995 I had a different beginning for my report...
