Georgian(language of governance, literacy and culture)[4][5][6]
Other languages
Abkhaz, Mingrelian
Prince;
• c.1451-1465 (first)
Rabia Sharvashidze
• 1823–1864 (last)
Mikhail Sharvashidze
Historical era
Early Modern Period
• Established
1463[2]
• Disestablished
1864
Map of the territory of Great and Small Abasia (Abkhazia) in 1808[7][6]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Imereti
Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Principality of Abkhazia (Georgian: აფხაზეთის სამთავრო, romanized:apkhazetis samtavro),(Abkhaz: Аԥсны аҳратәра) emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th-16th centuries, amid the civil wars in the Kingdom of Georgia that concluded with the dissolution of the unified Georgian monarchy. The principality retained a degree of autonomy under Ottoman and then Russian rule, but was eventually absorbed into the Russian Empire in 1864.
^"Г. А. Дзидзария. Восстание 1866 года в Абхазии (Сух., 1955)". apsnyteka.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
^Bondyrev, Igor (18 May 2015). The Geography of Georgia: Problems and Perspectives. Springer. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-319-05413-1.
^Ronald, Suny (22 October 1994). The Making of the Georgian Nation, Second Edition. Indiana University Press. p. 321. ISBN 0-253-20915-3.
^ abKhorava, Bezhan (2021-01-01). "ABKHAZIA FROM THE 16 TH CENTURY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 19 TH CENTURY §1. Abkhazia in the 16 th -17 th Centuries". Why Abkhazia is Georgia. A True History.
The PrincipalityofAbkhazia (Georgian: აფხაზეთის სამთავრო, romanized: apkhazetis samtavro),(Abkhaz: Аԥсны аҳратәра) emerged as a separate feudal entity...
The Abkhazia conflict is a territorial dispute over Abkhazia, a region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus, at the intersection...
protection against the harassment of Mingrelia's more powerful neighbors, Imeretia and Abkhazia. The principality ultimately came to an end when Prince...
The Principalityof Guria (Georgian: გურიის სამთავრო, romanized: guriis samtavro) was a historical state in Georgia. Centered on modern-day Guria, a southwestern...
The history ofAbkhazia, a region in the South Caucasus, spans more than 5,000 years from its settlement by the lower-paleolithic hunter-gatherers to...
family of PrincipalityofAbkhazia. The family was later recognized as one of the princely families of the Russian Empire at the request of King Heraclius...
The Kingdom ofAbkhazia (Georgian: აფხაზთა სამეფო, romanized: apkhazta samepo; lit. 'Kingdom of the Abkhazians'), was a medieval feudal state in the Caucasus...
coat of arms of the Autonomous Republic ofAbkhazia Coat of arms of the PrincipalityofAbkhazia Emblem of the Socialist Soviet Republic ofAbkhazia (1928-1931)...
succeeding the Principalityof Iberia, in historical region of Tao-Klarjeti, or upper Iberia in north-eastern Turkey as well parts of modern southwestern...
Abkhazia (/æbˈkɑːziə/ ab-KAH-zee-ə), officially the Republic ofAbkhazia, is a partially recognised state, in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast...
power of the Heretian kingdom, Kvirike I, the ruler of the neighbouring Kakhetian principality, allied himself with King Constantine III ofAbkhazia and...
PrincipalityofAbkhazia only to be conquered by the Ottomans.[citation needed] Towards the end of the 17th century, the region became a theatre of widespread...
led by a rival branch of the Bagrationi dynasty, and into five semi-independent principalities – Odishi-Mingrelia, Guria, Abkhazia, Svaneti, and Samtskhe...
Caucasian country of Georgia. It consisted of inter-ethnic and international conflicts in the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, as well as the violent...
The Principalityof Svaneti (Georgian: სვანეთის სამთავრო, romanized: svanetis samtavro) was a small principality (samtavro) in the Svaneti region of the...
with the visa for one of the visa-free countries. Entering Abkhazia and South Ossetia (considered by Georgia and a major part of the international community...
city of the Republic ofAbkhazia, a partially recognised state that most countries consider a part of Georgia. The city has been controlled by Abkhazia since...
Global Information
