War in Abkhazia (1998)
| War in Abkhazia (1998) | |||||||
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| Part of the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Abkhazia |
 White Legion Forest Brotherhood | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Sergei Bagapsh |
Zurab Samushia Dato Shengelia Gujar Kurashvili | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,500 troops[1] | 300 guerrillas | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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8 killed, 17 wounded (confirmed by Abkhazia),[2] at least 300 killed and dozens wounded (per Georgian sources)[3] |
17 killed[3] 24 wounded 56 captured 6 missing (per Georgian sources), about 160 killed (Abkhazian sources)[2] | ||||||
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35 Georgian civilians killed, 30,000 - 40,000 displaced | |||||||
The War in Abkhazia in 1998 took place in the Gali district of Abkhazia, after ethnic Georgians launched an insurgency against the Abkhazian secessionist government. The conflict is sometimes referred to as the Six-Day War of Abkhazia however this name only takes into account the Abkhazian May 20, 1998 - May 26, 1998 offensive while hostilities and insurgent attacks had already occurred before that date.[4][3]
References
- ^ Bahcheli, Tozun (2004). De Facto States: The Quest For Soverignty. Psychology Press. p. 151.
- ^ a b Олег Татарченков. ШЕСТИДНЕВНАЯ ВОЙНА В ГАЛЬСКОМ РАЙОНЕ
- ^ a b c http://www.cpirs.org.ge/Archive/AS_05_98.pdf
- ^ Ethnic conflict in Georgia, by Vicken Cheterian