As one of many conflicts precipitated by the breakup of the Soviet Union, the 1992-93 conflict between Georgia and the region of Abkhazia distinguishes itself as one of the bloodiest, most consequential and most unresolved. It caused tens of thousands of casualties and led to the displacement of about 250,000 people. (Oksana, 2005) The conflict on the territory of Georgia began as a result of declaration of independence of Abkhazia by Abkhaz Supreme Soviet fostered by Soviet Federation.
On August 14, 1992, a fratricidal war broke out on the resort beaches of Abkhazia, a small territory of the newly independent Republic of Georgia. A sixteen-month conflict ensued between Abkhaz forces aided by local civilians as well as fighters from other countries, primarily neighboring areas of the Russian Federation and on the side of Georgia central government of Georgia, National Guard, parliamentarians and volunteers. Intensive battles raged on land, air and sea. Several thousand were killed and many more wounded on the both sides.
In the abovementioned war on August 14 Georgian forces were under the command of Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze, Abkhaz forces led by Vladislav Ardzinba have pressed for expanded autonomy within Georgia, and now full independence or at least confederation within Georgia. The separatist government supported and fostered by Russian federation broke out war in Ochamchire district south of Sukhumi, Georgia. The same day, Georgian troops entered in Sokhumi and Abkhaz leader Vladislav Ardzinba declared full mobilization. As Georgian troops occupied Sukhumi, the Abkhaz government fled north to Gudauta. The north of Sukhumi became the major front line. Just over one year later, Abkhaz forces too...
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... lives and future. They moved towards other places of Georgia. People fled via maritime transport to Batumi port, via land roads to Adjarian areas and via mountains of Svaneti.
Those people who had to leave Sokhumi were ethnical Georgians as well as other nationalities (Greek, Armenians, etc.) The majority of Abkhazians didn’t leave conflict zone.
In total 200 thousand people had to leave territory of Abkhazia, Georgia after the conflict.
The 1992-93 Georgia-Abkhazia war can best be understood as stemming from parallel movements for national liberation that contradicted one another. The Georgians asserted their independence from Russian control. Simultaneously, the Abkhazians sought closer ties with the Russians in order to assert their independence from Georgian control. Although both sides had attempted these actions in the past, the tumultuous
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