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Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It covers 8,665 square kilometres (3,346 sq mi) and has a population of around 245,000. Its capital and largest city is Sukhumi.

The political status of Abkhazia is a central issue of the Abkhazia conflict and Georgia–Russia relations. Abkhazia is recognised as an independent state only by five states: Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru, and Syria; Georgia and other countries consider Abkhazia as Georgia's sovereign territory. Lacking effective control over the Abkhazian territory, Georgia maintains an Abkhaz government-in-exile.

The region had autonomy within Soviet Georgia at the time when the Soviet Union began to disintegrate in the late 1980s. Simmering ethnic tensions between the Abkhaz—the region's titular ethnicity—and Georgians—the largest single ethnic group at that time—culminated in the 1992–1993 War in Abkhazia, which resulted in Georgia's loss of control over most of Abkhazia and the ethnic cleansing of Georgians from Abkhazia. Despite a 1994 ceasefire agreement and years of negotiations, the dispute remains unresolved. The long-term presence of a United Nations Observer Mission and a Russian-led Commonwealth of Independent States peacekeeping force failed to prevent the flare-up of violence on several occasions. In August 2008, Abkhaz and Russian forces fought a war against Georgian forces, which led to the formal recognition of Abkhazia by Russia, the annulment of the 1994 ceasefire agreement and the termination of the UN mission. On 23 October 2008, the Parliament of Georgia declared Abkhazia a Russian-occupied territory.

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Beslan Konstantinovich Bartsits (Russian: Беслан Константинович Барциц; born 23 July 1977) is a former Prime Minister of Abkhazia, having been appointed by President Raul Khajimba on 5 August 2016 with his term ending 25 April 2018. He previously served as Head of the Presidential Administration, Head of Gagra District and Member of Parliament. (Full article...)

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Image 1Anacopia Fortress (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 2Abkhazia became a major Soviet holiday destination (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 3Map of modern Abkhazia (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 4One of the dolmens from Eshera (now at the Sukhumi Museum) (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 5Enguri Bridge [ru] over the Enguri river border (from Abkhazia–Georgia border)
Image 6Map showing the situation in Georgia at the end of 1993. Abkhaz forces were in control of all of the former Abkhaz ASSR, except the Kodori Gorge which remained in Georgian hands until the 2008 war with Russia. (from Abkhazia–Georgia border)
Image 7British warships in Sukhumi port in October 1918. The UK played an active role mediating between Georgia and White Russian forces in the wake of the Russian Revolution (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 8Nestor Lakoba, a Bolshevik leader of Abkhazia from 1921 to 1936 (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 9Timur's troops fighting in Abkhazia in 1403 (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 10Kingdom of Imereti in the 16th century (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 11Enguri Bridge [ru] over the Enguri river (from Abkhazia–Georgia border)
Image 12Map of Abkhazia, with Georgia to the east (from Abkhazia–Georgia border)
Image 13Meeting of Circassian Princes in the Valley of the Sochi River by Gregory Gagarin (1841). The print depicts several influential Abkhaz noblemen who played an active role in the politics of Abkhazia and in the regional conflicts (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 14Bagrat III of Georgia; of the House of Bagrationi (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 15Map of Sukhumi district (Abkhazia), 1890s (from History of Abkhazia)
Image 16Gagra Range (from Geography of Abkhazia)

Did you know?

...that the Voronya Cave in the Arabika Massif is currently the world's deepest cave and that its complete depth has not yet been established?
...that Lavrentiy Beria, the feared head of the Soviet NKVD, was born in the village of Merkheuli and that he went to school in Sukhumi?
...that during the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine, Abkhazia witnessed a very similar political crisis following the 2004 presidential election, which lasted twice as long?
...that there is a tiny community of Afro-Abkhazians, descendent from slaves bought centuries ago from the Turks?

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