This study by Giorgi Z. Anchabadze examines the Abkhazian uprising of 1877 within the broader geopolitical framework of the Russo-Turkish War. Drawing upon Russian military records, contemporary press accounts, and documentary sources, the article analyses the intersection of imperial strategy, Ottoman intervention, and local resistance in Abkhazia.

Particular attention is given to the military course of operations in the Sukhum Military District, the role of muhajir detachments, the shifting loyalties of regional militias, and the humanitarian consequences of the conflict. The study further evaluates the aftermath of the uprising, including mass deportations, the designation of the Abkhaz as a “guilty population”, and the imposition of restrictive administrative measures that reshaped the demographic and political landscape of Abkhazia.

Written in a measured scholarly register, this article contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the Caucasian dimension of the war and its lasting impact on Abkhaz society.

Translated by AbkhazWorld

This article examines the political structure and power dynamics of the Abkhaz Principality during the 1810s, analysing the limitations of Safarbey’s authority, internal elite divisions, and the competing pressures exerted by the Russian Empire and the Ottoman state in the aftermath of Abkhazia’s incorporation into Russia. Translated by AbkhazWorld.

Aamtaq’a / Vremena: Historical and Cultural Almanac
Research Centre Abkhazian Encyclopaedia; Abkhazian Historical Society
Editor-in-Chief: A. F. Avidzba
No. 3–4 (2024), pp. 78–82
Sukhum: House of Print

This article examines the struggle for power in Abkhazia between 1808 and 1810 following the death of Prince Keleshbey Chachba, analysing dynastic rivalry, foreign intervention, and the geopolitical context through archival and historiographical sources.
Translated by AbkhazWorld.

Aamtaq’a / Vremena: Historical and Cultural Almanac.
Research Centre Abkhazian Encyclopaedia; Abkhazian Historical Society.
Editor-in-Chief: A. F. Avidzba.
No. 3–4 (2024), pp. 73–77.
Sukhum: House of Print.

Bgazhba, O. Kh., “From Chiefdom to Kingdom,” Vremena / Aamtaq’a (Historical and Cultural Almanac), no. 1–2, Scientific Research Centre “Abkhaz Encyclopaedia”; Abkhaz Historical Society, Sukhum: Dom pechati, 2024, pp. 31–35.

In 137 CE, when the Roman legate Flavius Arrian set foot on the sandy mole of the military base of Sebastopolis, the Goths, one of the Germanic peoples, were beginning to make their presence increasingly felt on the historical stage of Europe. At that time, they lived in the Baltic region, having arrived there earlier from Scandinavia.