History of Abkhazia

last pre-Islamic Iranian empire (224–651 AD)

flag of Abkhazia

19th century genocide of Circassians by the Russian Empire

former autonomous soviet socialist republic of a union republic of the Soviet Union

Soviet republic

1989–present conflict between Georgia and the partially recognized Abkhazia

historical state

occurrences and people in Abkhazia throughout history

okrug of the Russian Empire

Samurzakano () is a historical region in southeastern Abkhazia, in western Georgia. It is populated by Mingrelians.

The Principality of Apselia was an ancient polity located on the Black Sea coast of the northwest Caucasus near the estuary of Kodori river. The earliest known historical references to Apselia are from the writings of Pliny the Elder (1st century CE) and Flavius Arrian (2nd century CE), who referred to the region as Apsilae (Greek: Αψιλαι). ==History== The first known record of the Apsilae occurs in the writings of Pliny of the 1st century AD, as well as of Flavius Arrianus in the 2nd century ().

former subdivision of the Georgian Orthodox Church

King of Lazica

Soterioupolis (; "City of the Saviour") or Soteropolis (Σωτηρόπολις) was a Byzantine fortress in the southeastern Black Sea coast during the 10th–12th centuries. The name has been suggested to apply to two different localities, Pitsunda in Abkhazia and Borçka in Turkey.

The Ahchipsou were a Sadz (Abkhaz-Abazin) tribe, that lived on Caucasus Major, near the modern border of Krasnodar Krai and Abkhazia. They lived at the upper Mzymta, and its inflow Achipse, modern Krasnaya Polyana, Adlersky City District, Sochi, Russia. The Ahchipsou were dominated by the clan of Kazılbeg Azaguyipa.

12th-century illuminated manuscript

mythical land

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Naved, Nabed, Nahbed, Nabedes (Greek: Nabédēs), or Nobades was a Sasanian military commander during the reign of Khosrow I.