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ContactSupport AW Interview with President Badra Gunba: Priorities, Challenges, and Vision for Abkhazia’s FutureExclusive Interview: Badra Gunba on Stability, Sovereignty, and Strategic CooperationSergey Shamba: "Geography has determined our destiny"Remembering Dieter Boden: A Diplomat with a Deep Understanding of AbkhaziaAdgur Ardzinba: "Our Government Never Used to Hide Behind Fences"Heidi Tagliavini: "The Shelling of Tskhinval Was the Trigger That Led to the Invasion"Diplomacy and Geopolitics: An Interview with Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba
InterviewReports StatementsEconomyDiasporaArtCaucasusSportsMultimediaEditorialAW Newsletter The Unforgotten War: 33 Years Since Georgia’s Invasion of Abkhazia Linguist and Cultural Advocate Zaira Khiba Hewitt Passes Away Abkhazian Foreign Ministry Delegation Visits Nicaragua for Sandinista Revolution Anniversary President Gunba Meets with International Circassian Association Delegation in Sukhum Abkhazian Foreign Minister Oleg Bartsits Arrives in Syria for Working Visit Analysis Conflict History Featured Interview Blog Editors' Picks The right of peoples to self-determination in the post soviet area: the case of Abkhazia, by Yugina Mishota Questions of Abkhazian history in the book by P. Ingorokva ‘Georgi Merchule - Georgian writer of the 10th century’, by Zurab V. Anchabadze Why Independence For Abkhazia Is The Best Solution, by George Hewitt Several Observations Related to the Perception of the Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict, by Liana Kvarchelia The Hand of Moscow and the Sterility of Geneva, by Izida Chania Estonian Orientalist Linnart Mäll and his role in activities of the UNPO during the Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict, by Aivar Jürgenson War and Secession: A Moral Analysis of the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict, by Bruno Coppieters Georgian-Abkhaz War | FBIS Reports (Aug-Oct. 1992) Abkhazia and Georgia on the Verge of Independence (1917 - 1921), by Cem Kumuk The Stalin-Beria Terror in Abkhazia, 1936-1953, by Stephen D. Shenfield Georgian policy towards Abkhazia in the period 1918-1921, by Vadim Mukhanov Who should be settled in Abkhazia? By Jakob Gogebashvili (1877) What’s Yours Is Mine: Nation-Building and Extraterritorial Nationhood Inside the South Caucasus, by Krista A. Goff Lord Ennals: Georgian troops guilty of atrocities | November 1992 Abkhazia and the Abkhazians (1903) | Photos by Joseph de Baye Georgii Tsereteli (1879): It’s time that we grab new territories in the Caucasus Stanislav Lakoba: "If Yeltsin had been opposed, the war in Abkhazia would not have started" Sergey Shamba: 'It is impossible to live in enmity all the time' Thirty Years' War. How the Georgian-Abkhazian war changed history, and history changed the war Stanislav Lakoba - about "white spots" in the history of Abkhazia of the last century Andrei Sakharov on the relationship between Abkhazia and Georgia An excerpt from Ossetian linguist Vasily Abaev's ‘The Tragedy of South Ossetia’ Viacheslav Abukhba: Abkhazian philately: burnt rarities and American fakes A Child at the Front: Valery Berkhamov (1977 - 1993) “This day was very sad - 14 August 1992, when the war began.” Three Extracts from the Georgian Newspapers Droeba and Iveria Greeks and "Georgians" in ancient Colchis, by Philip L. Kohl and Gocha R. Tsetskhladze Contrary to the will of the people: how the S[oviet] S[ocialist] R[republic] of Abkhazia became an autonomy within Georgia Recently Added Targeted Repression: The Foreign Agent Designation of Abkhazian Journalists, by Said Gezerdaa26 March, 2025 It was only a matter of time before journalists Izida Chania and Nizfa Arshba were added to the list of foreign agents. It is clear that this move is a... Over 200 Participants Join ‘Adyghe Dictation’ Event in Adygea14 March, 2025 MAYKOP — On International Circassian Language Day, more than 200 people took part in the annual Adyghe Dictation event, held at the Faculty of Adyghe (Circassian) Philology and Culture at... The Status of Women in Abkhazia: Respect and Reverence Are Not Enough, by Natella Akaba10 March, 2025 As we know, International Women’s Day is celebrated in most countries around the world. On this festive spring day, women are treated with great warmth and respect.
By Natella Akaba, Political... Abhazya Gerçekleri: Okay Deprem’in Yanılgılarına Yanıt09 March, 2025 Birgün Gazetesi’nde 9 Mart 2025 Pazar günü yayınlanan, Okay Deprem imzalı “Abhazya tarihi bir kavşakta: Vaatler ile gerçek eylemler arasında” başlıklı makale, ne yazık ki Abhazya ve ülkenin siyasi dinamiklerine... Seven Key Challenges for Badra Gunba: Can the New President Avoid the Fate of His Predecessors?09 March, 2025 The presidential elections in Abkhazia have concluded, with Badra Gunba emerging as the victor. However, his path to power was not solely shaped by electoral competition but also by the... Giorgi Soselia's Critique of Pavle Ingorokva's 'Giorgi Merchule' and the Misrepresentation of Abkhazian History02 March, 2025 One of the most contentious claims made by literary historian Pavle Ingoroqva (1893–1990) in his 1954 book Giorgi Merchule, judging by the immediate reaction it provoked and the debates it...
Opinion AnalysisThe Ibero-Caucasian hypothesis and the historiography of Abkhazia, by Kevin Tuite04 June, 2022The 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... BlogAndrei Sakharov on the relationship between Abkhazia and Georgia24 February, 2022In 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... AnalysisNationalism, politics, and the practice of archaeology in the Caucasus, by Philip Kohl and Gocha Tsetskhladze26 April, 2020Nationalism, 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... ConflictAbkhazia: a problem of identity and ownership, by George B. Hewitt - Central Asian Survey21 October, 2008Abkhazia: 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 ...
History Lapinski: Abkhaz people are the last in the Caucasus who still put up resistance to the Muscovites23 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... How nations united: Formation of the Confederation of Caucasian Peoples28 February, 2020 Everyone who is somehow familiar with the history of the Patriotic War of the people of Abkhazia could not help but hear about the Assembly of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus, which was soon renamed the Confederation. This is no... Resettlement to Abkhazia14 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:... Thirty years of "guilt" (1877-1907), by Stanislav Lakoba14 March, 2013 Reflections on Abkhazia: [14 August] 1992-2012
Immediately after the Caucasian War (21 May 1864), in June 1864 the independent princedom of Abkhazia was abolished, and the sovereign prince Mikhail Shervashidze (Chachba) was subjected to political repression; in 1866, he died in...
Editors' Picks On the Political and Ethnic History of Myrzakan (Samurzakano) in the 19th Century, By Denis Gopia19 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. Rewriting History? A Critique of Modern Georgian Historiography on Abkhazia12 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... The Hand of Moscow and the Sterility of Geneva, by Izida Chania03 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... The Exodus of Abkhazians During the 19th Century: Resistance, Uprisings, and Exile18 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... Georgian policy towards Abkhazia in the period 1918-1921, by Vadim Mukhanov19 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... Abkhazia is Abkhazia, by Stanislav Lakoba15 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... Featured "Georgia for the Georgians": The Evolution of a Nationalistic Slogan Georgian Brutality and Local Support | 'Mobilizing in Uncertainty', by Anastasia Shesterinina Tengiz Kitovani: "they [Russians] officially gave us the 108 tanks of the Akhaltsikhe Division" The International Legal Status of the Republic of Abkhazia, by Viacheslav Chirikba
Economy Surge in Foreign Trade: Abkhazia’s State Customs Committee Reports Robust Growth in H1 2023SUKHUM / AQW'A ― The State Customs Committee of the Republic of Abkhazia has released a report revealing a notable surge in foreign trade for the first half of 2023...July 07, 2023 Abkhazia’s Budget Receives Over 20 Million Dollars in Tax Revenues for the First Half of 2023 Government Initiatives to Boost Investment and SMEs in Abkhazia Abkhazia's foreign trade turnover amounted to almost 40 billion rubles ($538.6 million) in 2022. Abkhazia's Trade Turnover with Turkey Increases by 142% in 2022 Abkhaz delegation took part in the XX International Trade Fair in Vietnam. The CCI President Meets Business Delegation from Germany
Analysis State-Legal Relations Between Abkhazia and Georgia The "Abkhazia" project: political nation or community of minorities? By Natella Akaba Latin America: Georgia plays by the rules of Abkhazia, by Levon Galustian Abkhazia as the Theatre of Georgia’s Terrorist Activities and Sabotage, by Sergey Markedonov Aslan Basariya: I have the feeling that the people who worked on this treaty had no understanding whatsoever of the specifics… Bush’s Dangerous Game in the South Caucasus, by Sheldon Richman Repression of Greeks in Abkhazia by Khristofor Kesanidis Visiting Hell: How Relatives Identified the Dead in the March Offensive
Featured Articles The Republic of the Union of Mountain Peoples, Abkhazia, and Soviet Policies: A Historical Analysis The Stalin-Beria Terror in Abkhazia, 1936-1953, by Stephen D. Shenfield Abkhazian futures, by Andrew Mueller 'Absence of Will': A commentary Origins and Evolutions of the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict, by Stephen D. Shenfield A history erased - Abkhazia's archive: fire of war, ashes of history - Video History: 18th Century-1917, by Stanislav Lakoba Declaration of the Revolutionary Committee of the SSR of Georgia on Independence of the SSR of Abkhazia - 21 May 1921 The International Legal Status of the Republic of Abkhazia In the Light of International Law, by Viacheslav Chirikba The Disappearance of Taif Adzhba and the Amnesty International Report of 1993 Kosovo and Abkhazia: A Revised Comparative Analysis Ethno-demographic history of Abkhazia, 1886 - 1989, by Daniel Müller Why Independence For Abkhazia Is The Best Solution, by George Hewitt Military Aspects of the War. The Battle for Gagra (The Turning-point), by Dodge Billingsley Abkhazia, from conflict to statehood, by George Hewitt Demographic change in Abkhazia 1886–1989 Report of a UNPO mission to Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Northern Caucasus A Short Chronicle of Events of the 1992-93 Georgian-Abkhazian War Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia (Apsny) Summary of Historical Events in Abkhazian History, 1810-1993 Abkhazia, Georgia and the Caucasus Confederation, by Stanislav Lakoba Abkhazia by John Colarusso UNPO: Human Rights Report Mission Abkhazia 1992-1994 Abkhazia: Cultural Tragedy Revisited, by Thomas de Waal African Presence in Former Soviet Spaces, by Kesha Fikes and Alaina Lemon Why Can Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili Not Emulate Willi Brandt? by Liz Fuller Western travellers to the Caucasus, by George Hewitt Documents from the KGB archive in Sukhum. Abkhazia in the Stalin years, by Rachel Clogg History: Ist-XVIIIth Century, by Oleg Bgazhba Union Treaty Between the SSR of Georgia and the SSR of Abkhazia - 16 December 1921 Autonomous Republic: what was the political background of Putin's visit to Abkhazia, by Sergey Markedonov On the Historical Symbolism of the State Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia Eugen Krammig: Life after death, by Vitaly Sharia Basic Law (Constitution) of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia, 27 October 1926 Abkhazian impressions, by Uwe Klussmann The Ethnic History of the Abkhazians in the XIX-XX centuries, by Tejmuraz Achugba Abkhazia: a problem of identity and ownership, by George B. Hewitt - Central Asian Survey The solitude of Abkhazia, by Douglas W. Freshfield (1896) Obituary: Yuri Voronov, by George Hewitt - The Independent (London) , Sep 15, 1995 Declaration on Measures for A Political Settlement of the Georgian/Abkhaz Conflict Signed on 4 April 1994 1 2 3 4 Art & Living Preserving Culture Through Abkhaz-Adyghe Weaving Premiere of the Play "Asdu" Held at the Abkhaz Drama Theatre Exhibition of Abkhaz Artists Opens in Istanbul Grand Opening of the 22nd 'Hibla Gerzmava Invites...' Music Festival in Sukhum
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