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	Abkhaz people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Abkhazians or Abkhaz (Abkhaz: Аҧсуа, Georgian: აფხაზები) are a Caucasian ethnic group, mainly living in Abkhazia, de jure an autonomous republic of Georgia.
		The language of the Abkhaz belongs to the North Caucasian language group, However the scholarly opinion (mostly Western) favors the notion that the indigenous people of Abkhazia were related to the Heniochi tribe, a proto-Georgian group.
		The total population of Abkhazia is estimated at 340,000 people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abkhaz_people (497 words)

	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
		At the middle of the 19th century the number of Abkhaz was estimated at 130,000 (together with Abazian and Ubykhian peoples).
		Ethnologically the Abkhaz people belong to the aborigines of Caucasia.
		The Abkhaz were 5 % urban in 1926, 15 % in 1939, 28 % in 1959 and 34.5 % in 1970.
	www.eki.ee /books/redbook/abkhaz.shtml (2065 words)

	Avtandil Menteshashvili - Some national and ethnic problems in Georgia (1918-1922)
		Relationships between the Georgian and Abkhaz peoples are described in a memorandum of deputies of Abkhazian and Samurzakan nobility submitted on 23 March 1870 to the Chairman of Tiflis Council of social-estate affairs, adjutant-general prince Svyatopolk- Mirski.
		Majority of the Abkhaz People's Council were landowners, (*32) and it was but natural, that their attitude towards the social-democratic government of Georgia was far from "friendly", since the social and political reforms effected the interests of the propertied class, in particular, of pro-Turkish landowners.
		The Abkhaz People's Council addressed the government of Georgia, and on 3 September 1918 a session of the Georgian government discussed the actions of the Georgian troops in Abkhazia.
	sisauri.tripod.com /politic/abkhazia.htm (13351 words)

	TURAN - ABKHAZIA
		Conflicts between Russians and Abkhaz increased in the 1830s and 40s, when the Russians used Abkhazia as a base for campaigns against the Cherkess, who are ethnically close to the Abkhaz.
		Abkhaz resistance to collectivization was considerable, and an Abkhaz ASSR was established to please native and Russian Communist cadres in the area.
		In 1978, Abkhaz intellectuals wrote an open letter to Brezhnev, expressing their concern for their ethnic population, and were met by certain economic concessions.
	www.hunmagyar.org /turan/caucasus/abkhaz.html (928 words)

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		Historically, the Abkhaz people allied themselves with the Russian-speaking population (notably Russians and Armenians).
		Abkhaz authorities in Sukhumi claim that they cannot control the gangs, though international officials believe that for many months the Sukhumi authorities did not really try.
		Abkhaz forces and the PKF guard separate checkpoints, allowing women and children to pass on a case-by-case basis.
	www.osi.hu /fmp/html/g_i.html (1789 words)

	Moscow Defense Brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		Abkhaz authorities and the forum's leaders expressly appealed to the entire multiethnic population of Abkhazia to struggle for their civil rights.
		The declaration of sovereignty adopted by the Abkhaz parliament in 1990 was meant to protect the federal status of the republic from being ignored or cancelled by Tbilisi.
		The Abkhaz side proposed a two-houses parliament, the upper house of which would be elected according to the majoritarian system, and the lower house composed of equal numbers of representatives from key ethnic groups in Abkhazia.
	www.mdb.cast.ru /mdb/6-2002/ac/rgaac (3765 words)

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		The Abkhaz people were estimated to be 130,000 strong during the middle of the 19
		The Abkhaz are located in a mountainous region called Abkhazia, which is found, on the southeastern coast of the Black Sea.
		The culture of the Abkhaz is being worn away by different factors.
	filebox.vt.edu /p/peckenro/Abkhaz.htm (358 words)

	THE MIDDLE EAST HANDBOOK - PEOPLE GROUPS
		The Abkhaz became Christian in 550AD, had an independent kingdom in the 8th century, were a while under Georgian control, then came under the Ottoman empire in the 16th century, and converted to Islam.
		People group of Afghanistan of mixed Mongol-Iranian descent speaking an Iranian language Hazaragi (some claim it is a Dari dialect) with many Mongol words, and living mainly in the central area of Afghanistan called the Hazarajat.
		The plan appears to be to transform the Nuba people from an independent, self sufficient group into a dependent population of farm labourers bereft of leadership.
	www.angelfire.com /az/rescon/MEHBKPPL.html (10293 words)

	Untitled Document
		According to the vast majority of the Abkhaz, in order to avoid the tragic fate of the Ubykhs, it is necessary to have special protection of the Abkhaz language and the existence of the Abkhaz ethnic group.
		In the 17th-i 9th centuries, Abkhaz nobility wrote in the Georgian language but did not abandon their Abkhaz culture, and there is no reason to believe otherwise in the period before the 17th century.
		In the case of the Abkhaz conflict outside forces pit the Abkhaz against the Georgians with the help of assassins and careerists who should not be identified with their ethnic group.
	www.socsci.uci.edu /~cpb/progs/pdfs/english5.htm (3981 words)

	Abkhazia
		It is with profound disappointment that I inform you of the grand deception that the Ardzinba regime is perpetrating against the Abkhaz people and especially the Diaspora.
		All Abkhaz people became victims to this well orchestrated and contrived Soviet cultural distortion; the separation of the Abkhaz Diaspora from the Abkhaz people was complete.
		We Abkhaz living outside of our ethnic homeland have a wealth of experience to contribute to the revitalization of a future Abkhaz state.
	www.abkhazia.org /The_Big_Lie_Exposed.html (1069 words)

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		Abkhaz leaders prefer the status of an independent state, of course, because if Abkhazia were to remain part of Georgia, the returnees would be inclined to obey the laws issued by Tbilisi and the Abkhaz would be back where they started from.
		The intransigence of Abkhaz leaders is buttressed by the anger of ordinary people.
		The Abkhaz bitterly interpret this development as the result of a new alliance between Russia and Georgia aimed at forcing Abkhazia to rejoin Georgia, or face economic strangulation and a new military invasion by Tbilisi.
	www.osi.hu /fmp/html/georgia.htm (8857 words)

	Documentaire: Abkhazia
		When the Abkhaz finally arrived, God asked them why they were late, and the Abkhaz replied: "Because we had guests and could not leave them to join you." God was touched by Abkhaz hospitality and decided to give them the land he had planned to keep for himself.
		The will of the Abkhaz people to build a state was made clear seven years ago in the way it defeated the Georgian army and persevered in broken cities and burnt land.
		The Abkhaz were suppressed by the Russians in Tsarist times, and by the Soviet authorities and Georgia in the Soviet era.
	www.documentaire.com /caucasus/Abkhazia.html (9687 words)

	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
		Both peoples are descended from the proto-Abkhaz tribes who in the first millenium BC inhabited an area near the Black Sea (from the present-day Tuapse to Sukhumi).
		Part of the Shkaraua-Abaza people, however, remained to live on the coast of the Black Sea and were assimilated by the Abkhaz and Cherkess.
		The identity and unity of the Abaza people may soon be endangered by two tendencies that have emerged during the past two decades, notably the growing number of mixed marriages and urbanization.
	www.eki.ee /books/redbook/abazians.shtml (1568 words)

	Some national and ethnic problems in Georgia (1918-1922) - Avtandil Menteshashvili
		More than ever, now the peoples inhabit Georgia have to unite in order to achieve the highest target: an independent statehood of the republic, as it is a reliable guarantee for national revival and free development of the peoples and nationalities living in Georgia.
		Lately, certain separatist-minded represents lives of the Abkhaz people have been taking pains both in press and in speeches to convince their people that Abkhazia must be separated from Georgia.
		The Resolution mentions a policy of cultural genocide of the Abkhaz people by the government of the Georgian SSR.
	sisauri.tripod.com /politic/preface.html (776 words)

	Weston, Georgia on Our Minds (1994)
		The Abkhaz, an Orthodox Christian people with their own language, are reported to have lived in the area, along with Georgians, as early as 500 B.C., at about the same time that the ancient Greeks founded trading posts along its shores and colonized the region.
		The Abkhaz position is that "we won the war", and winning the war has meant to them the achievement of their autonomy and independence, however shaky at the present time.
		People, who are unemployed or who do not get paid for their work easily become the victims of populistic political movements, which then can translate the frustrations involved into violent ethnic discrimination programs.
	www.uiowa.edu /~cyberlaw/georgia/mwbwgoom.html (20077 words)

	Ankara Newspaper "Cumhuriyet"
		It is True, the Abkhaz people had suffered a great deal under the Stalin regime, however, it should not be forgotten that other regions of Stalin's and Beria's homeland suffered as well, especially it is true when it comes to Georgian creative and scientific elite.
		Shevardnadze, was captured by Abkhaz military commanders and later on set free upon the request of Mr.
		The Georgian and Abkhaz people want to restore their friendship and the Turkish Mass media is well positioned to play essential role in the process, including "Cumhuriyet".
	www.kapba.de /Cumhuriyet.html (663 words)

	Abkhazia
		Abkhazia (Apsny, "a Country of the Soul" in the Abkhaz language, Abkhazia in Georgian), an autonomous republic of Georgia is situated in the northwestern part of Georgia on the Black Sea coast.
		The Abkhaz are a people close in language and origin to the North Caucasian peoples of the Adyghe group.
		All these people, the invalids and the disabled, the children and the elderly, badly need qualified medical care and psychological rehabilitation, food and medicines, prostheses and wheelchairs.
	www.policy.hu /~gomelauri/abkhazia.html (1140 words)

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		Political analysts in Georgia say that the surprise deal between the Abkhaz former presidential rivals Sergey Bagapsh and Raul Khajimba was made possible due to the pressure exerted on opposition leader Sergey Bagapsh by Moscow.
		Moscow showed that the support of the Abkhaz people is not enough to become the President of Abkhazia,” Paata Zakareishvili told Civil Georgia.
		“People were extremely tired after two months of tension and they were looking forward to a breakthrough,” he said.
	www.civil.ge /eng/print.php?id=8525 (756 words)

	Some Testimonies
		Then nine other Abkhaz people, Getta Mirod and his wife, Svetlana, Khashig M., and his 16 year old son, Lakoba K. and his wife Nelli among them and me were taken to the staff.
		She argued with irritation and said she was Abkhaz and I was "apsua" (like they have been calling us, Abkhaz people, for the last few years).
		The Abkhaz partisans, who came to help managed to take the five dead bodies out of the house before it was burnt down to the ground.
	www.kapba.de /Testimonies.html (12995 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Former Abkhaz Prime Minister Raul Khadjimba and Chernomorenergo head Sergei Bagapsh flew back to Sukhum from Moscow on separate flights on 3 November after talks the previous day with senior Russian officials aimed at finding a solution to the legal impasse over the outcome of the 3 October presidential ballot, Georgian and Russian media reported.
		He suggested two possible ways to resolve the standoff between himself and Khadjimba, both of which reflect the traditional Abkhaz approach to "people's power." The first alternative is to have parliament rule on the election outcome.
		Eleven years later, in March 1989, some 30,000 Abkhaz again assembled in Lykhny to adopt a declaration calling for the Abkhaz ASSR to secede from the Georgian SSR and be granted again the status of a union republic, which it had enjoyed until 1931.
	www.rferl.org /reports/caucasus-report/2004/11/42-051104.asp (2254 words)

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		Abkhaz Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba, in reference to Mikheil Saakashvili on May 6, “launching restoration of Georgia’s integrity from Adjara” as “just another mistake of Georgian politicians’’ and urged Georgian society to “remember the past lessons’’ in reference with Abkhazia.
		The Abkhaz are not Georgians and unlike Adjarians, they will fight to defend independence of their country,’’ Sergey Shamba told INTER-PRESS while commenting on the Adjara developments.
		Abkhaz Foreign Minister pointed out that “the Abkhaz are not going to take part in Georgian political plays and Georgian society and politicians shouldn’t have any illusion on it.
	www.kafkas.org.tr /absoluten/showarticle.php?articleID=431 (114 words)

	Chirikba, V. A.; Ardzinba, V. G.: Proisxozhdenie abxazskogo naroda [The Origin of the Abkhaz People] - LanguageServer - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		Chirikba, V. A.; Ardzinba, V. G.: Proisxozhdenie abxazskogo naroda [The Origin of the Abkhaz People] - LanguageServer - University of Graz
		Chirikba, V. A.; Ardzinba, V. Proisxozhdenie abxazskogo naroda [The Origin of the Abkhaz People]
		Author: Chirikba, V. A.; Ardzinba, V. Title: Proisxozhdenie abxazskogo naroda [The Origin of the Abkhaz People]
	languageserver.uni-graz.at /ls/art?id=533 (51 words)

	Chirikba, V. A.: The Origin of the Abkhaz People - LanguageServer - University of Graz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		Chirikba, V. A.: The Origin of the Abkhaz People - LanguageServer - University of Graz
		Chirikba, V. The Origin of the Abkhaz People
		Author: Chirikba, V. Title: The Origin of the Abkhaz People
	languageserver.uni-graz.at /ls/art?id=545 (33 words)

	International Association of Abkhazian-Abazin People: “Georgia prepares new genocide of Abkhaz people” - ...
		Abkhazian people will not be intimidated – Statement of social and political activists
		International Association of Abkhazian-Abazin People: “Georgia prepares new genocide of Abkhaz people”
		The reports the association has got from Abkhazia show that genocide of the Abkhazian people is being prepared and threatens to its existence.
	www.regnum.ru /english/abxazia/595878.html (652 words)

	Page for Print
		About 80% of Abkhaz people have Russian passports, the ruble is the currency actually used, and Abkhaz leaders have repeteadly claimed that the republic should integrate into
		On September 28, the Abkhaz Prime Minister, Raul Khadjimba, told the Russian agency Interfax that “Abkhaz people have already made their election” and that the status of Abkhazia should not be subjected to discussion again.
		September 1993 after the victory of the Abkhaz forces over the Georgian Army.
	www.revistaamanecer.com /english/PrintPage.asp?ArticleID=69 (982 words)

	Institute for War and Peace Reporting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		Prime Minister Maliki's national unity project is struggling as the killings continue relentlessly.
		A savage regional conflict in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed more than 60,000 lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
		At a cost of over a billion dollars, some say the tribunal to try ringleaders of the Rwandan genocide is too expensive and has dragged on for too long.
	www.iwpr.net /?p=crs&s=f&o=257748&apc_state=henh (282 words)

	International Association of Abkhazian-Abazin People: “Georgia prepares new genocide of Abkhaz people” - ...
		International Association of Abkhazian-Abazin People: “Georgia prepares new genocide of Abkhaz people” - Russian News - REGNUM
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	www.regnum.ru /english/595878.html (676 words)

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