Conflict coverage · South Caucasus

The Abkhazia war and the expulsion of Georgians

Aug 1992 – Sep 1993Key eventEssentialAbkhazia

MilitaryTerritorial changeHumanitarianGeorgia / Abkhazia / South Ossetia

War between Georgian forces and Abkhaz separatists — backed by North Caucasus volunteers and Russian elements — ends with the fall of Sukhumi (Sokhumi) on 27 September 1993 and the flight or expulsion of most of Abkhazia's Georgian population, some 200,000–250,000 people, amid documented ethnic violence on both sides.

Why it mattersGeorgia's deepest wound: a quarter-million displaced who have not returned a generation later, a de facto state on the Black Sea coast, and a Russian security role that recognition in 2008 would make permanent.

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Georgian territoriesThe wars of the early 1990s

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Abkhazia

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Georgian forces · atlasParticipanthigh confidence

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