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How Armenia Lost Karabakh and Lessons for Abkhazia, by A Concerned Citizen
Better a bitter truth than a sweet lie, by David Dasania
"If the government of Georgia were to send just one signal"
Contrary to the will of the people: how the S[oviet] S[ocialist] R[republic] of Abkhazia became an autonomy within Georgia
Karabakh: a reasonable compromise, by Stephen D. Shenfield
Victims of Geopolitics: Young Generations in Abkhazia Struggle with Lack of Travel and Education Opportunities Abroad
Abkhazia Commemorates the 28th Anniversary of Lata Tragedy
Abkhazia's recent election: a considered view from an experienced outsider, by Dieter Boden
The right of peoples to self-determination in the post soviet area: the case of Abkhazia, by Yugina Mishota
Estonians in Abkhazia by Aivar Jürgenson
Why Independence For Abkhazia Is The Best Solution, by George Hewitt
How nations united: Formation of the Confederation of Caucasian Peoples
On the 20th anniversary of the start of Georgia's war against Abkhazia, by Stanislav Lakoba
Abkhazia: a problem of identity and ownership, by George B. Hewitt - Central Asian Survey
A history erased - Abkhazia's archive: fire of war, ashes of history - Video
The solitude of Abkhazia, by Douglas W. Freshfield (1896)
Thirty years of "guilt" (1877-1907), by Stanislav Lakoba
Documents from the KGB archive in Sukhum. Abkhazia in the Stalin years, by Rachel Clogg
The Stalin-Beria Terror in Abkhazia, 1936-1953, by Stephen D. Shenfield
For twenty years now the West has shirked its responsibility in Abkhazia, by Oliver Urs Lenz
Declaration of the Revolutionary Committee of the SSR of Georgia on Independence of the SSR of Abkhazia - 21 May 1921
Report of a UNPO mission to Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Northern Caucasus
Ethno-demographic history of Abkhazia, 1886 - 1989, by Daniel Müller
Stanislav Lakoba: "Thousands of people's destinies in Abkhazia were crushed"
Dieter Boden: 'Abkhazians are Europeans'
Viacheslav Chirikba. "The Ubykh People Were in Practice Consumed in the Flames of the Fight for Freedom"
Beslan Kobakhia: 'This war should be ended by those who started it'
Resettlement to Abkhazia
August Martin: An Estonian as a Member of Abkhazia's Parliament, by Aivar Jürgenson
Kosovo or Abkhazia: Contrasts and Comparisons
International law and the Russian "occupation" of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, by Richard Berge
The Second Karabakh War of 2020 is over. Azerbaijan and Turkey won, and Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) lost. According to the trilateral agreement between Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia...
I understand those who do not believe the scholars who write history, and are skeptical about it as a scholarly discipline, which in large measure is more anti-scholarly. This happens...
Caucasia, by Great Britain Foreign Office
CaucasiaEditor: G.W. ProtheroYear: 1920Publisher: H.M Stationery Office | Great Britain. Foreign Office.Place of Publication: London, UKNumber of pages: 95 Language: English
Emigration of Muslims from the Russian Empire in the Years After the Crimean War, by Alan W. Fisher
Emigration of Muslims from the Russian Empire in the Years After the Crimean WarAuthor: Alan W. FisherYear: 1987Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag / Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas, Neue Folge, Bd. 35...
Ekho Kavkaza -- Abkhazia treats the possibility of negotiating with Tbilisi with great caution. Our [Ekho Kavkaza] traditional Sukhum survey. - The foreign policy strategy signed by the President of Abkhazia...
The Largest Banks of Turkey Started to Serving The National Cards of APRA World
SUKHUM / AQW'A -- "The national payment-system, continuing its work aimed at expanding the geography of accepting national payment cards APRA 'World', as well as in the course of cooperation...
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 Georgia in any form, bears a mark upon it, "Made in...
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...
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 ...
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 forces on August 14, 1992. I try to pinpoint the most crucial events and causative factors, and to infer...
Lapinski: Abkhaz people are the last in the Caucasus who still put up resistance to the Muscovites
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...
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...
After most of Abkhazia's indigenous Abkhazians were expelled to Ottoman lands firstly at the end of the Great Caucasian War (1864) and then following the Russo-Turkish War (1877-78), their vacated lands immediately started to attract colonisation from such diverse incomers...
Outliving the Century: the story of a centenarian woman from Djgerda
In the village of Djgerda, on the periphery of civilization, where even the dirt road has long been overgrown with grass, lives centenarian Fenya Latsushba, who turned 107 a few days ago. It is impossible to listen to her story without...
House for an architect: how a repatriate, Shabnam Marshan, found herself in Abkhazia
Architect Şebnem (Shabnam) Marshan from Turkey decided to stay in Abkhazia forever after spending two weeks here. As for what made her return to her historical homeland and how the life of a repatriate in the 'Land of the Soul'...
Ritsa-Auadhara National Park, Abkhazia
The Ritsa National Park is located in the mountainous part of Abkhazia on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Range, between the Ghegha River and the Pshchitsa River. It was founded in 1996 on the basis of the Ritsa...
Pepper and Stone: how to 'produce' Abkhazian ajika
The secrets of the ancient method of preparing the Abkhazian national seasoning known as ajika [adjika or adzhika; Abkhaz: аџьыка] and the transformation of hot pepper and spices on stone into a unique, fragrant and piquant 'masterpiece' were revealed to a correspondent...
Zviad Gamsakhurdia: "Abkhaz Nation Doesn't Exist!"
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Revelations of forgotten voices
28-01-2014 Blog
The geography of servicing APRA "World" cards has increased in 2020
Russians tourists spent almost 25 Million Dollars in Abkhazia in two months
Taxpayers owed 132 million roubles to the budget of Abkhazia since 2018
Natalie Smyr: the banking system is the engine of the economy and the possibility of its development
Working Group on the primary selection of investment projects at the Ministry of Economy
President of the RA Chamber of Commerce Gennady Gaguliya met with the business delegation from Germany
New Abkhaz Prime Minister Faces Uphill Struggle To End Economic Stagnation, by Liz Fuller
7 July: Another group of Syrian immigrants arrive in Abkhazia
The Disappearance of Taif Adzhba and the Amnesty International Report of 1993
Moscow's Windfall Recognition of Abkhazia, By Akhra Smyr
Armenians and Abkhaz Ethnic Democracy – Current Trends, Future Prospects, by Richard Berge
Abkhazian election: the President is dead, long live the President! By Inal Khashig
Saakashvili, Falling Star, by Jeremy Druker
European and US Approaches to the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict | International Alert
'Absence of Will': A commentary, prepared by Metin Sönmez
History: 18th Century-1917, by Stanislav Lakoba
The International Legal Status of the Republic of Abkhazia In the Light of International Law, by Viacheslav Chirikba
Abkhazian futures, by Andrew Mueller
Abkhazia, from conflict to statehood, by George Hewitt
Military Aspects of the War. The Battle for Gagra (The Turning-point), by Dodge Billingsley
UNPO: Human Rights Report Mission Abkhazia 1992-1994
Demographic change in Abkhazia 1897–1989
Abkhazia by John Colarusso
Abkhazia: Cultural Tragedy Revisited, by Thomas de Waal
Summary of Historical Events in Abkhazian History, 1810-1993
A Short Chronicle of Events of the 1992-93 Georgian-Abkhazian War
Why Can Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili Not Emulate Willi Brandt? by Liz Fuller
Autonomous Republic: what was the political background of Putin's visit to Abkhazia, by Sergey Markedonov
Union Treaty Between the SSR of Georgia and the SSR of Abkhazia - 16 December 1921
Abkhazia, Georgia and the Caucasus Confederation, by Stanislav Lakoba
History: Ist-XVIIIth Century, by Oleg Bgazhba
Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia (Apsny)
Basic Law (Constitution) of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia, 27 October 1926
Eugen Krammig: Life after death, by Vitaly Sharia
African Presence in Former Soviet Spaces, by Kesha Fikes and Alaina Lemon
Western travellers to the Caucasus, by George Hewitt
Declaration on Measures for A Political Settlement of the Georgian/Abkhaz Conflict Signed on 4 April 1994
Abkhazian impressions, by Uwe Klussmann
Obituary: Yuri Voronov, by George Hewitt - The Independent (London) , Sep 15, 1995
Resolution of the First Congress of the Workers of Abkhazia on the Report of Revcom Chairman E. Eshba on Building of Soviet Society, 28 May…
Constitution of the Abkhaz People's Council, 8 November 1917
The Ethnic History of the Abkhazians in the XIX-XX centuries, by Tejmuraz Achugba
The view from Abkhazia of South Ossetia ablaze, by Paula Garb
Valeria Adleiba presents a new song at the "Apsny" Festival
The Abkhazian drama-theatre will perform at the international festival in Nalchik
Songs of the ancestors: The "Raida" festival will be held at the State Philharmonic Hall
"Abrskil's Acts of Heroism": Abkhazian mythology will come to life on the screen
Republic of Abkhazia (Apsny)
Abkhazia: Ancients of the Caucasus (Healthy at 100), by John Robbins
Proverbs and Sayings of the Caucasian Mountain Peoples
Abkhazia will not allow on its territory any international monitoring
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