"Lost" obscures the fact that the ethnic Georgian majority of Abkhazia's pre-1993 population was ethnically cleansed, with 20-30 thousand civilians killed (most were brutally murdered, not mere collateral damage of indiscriminate warfare).
This was accomplished against a rag-tag army of the newly independent Georgia because the Abkhazian rebels were controlled (armed, financed, provided with air support and heavy weaponry, and thousands of mercenaries) directly by Russia.
Current breakaway Abkhazia is a byproduct of genocide and imperialism, pure and simple.
This was accomplished against a rag-tag army of the newly independent Georgia because the Abkhazian rebels were controlled (armed, financed, provided with air support and heavy weaponry, and thousands of mercenaries) directly by Russia.
Current breakaway Abkhazia is a byproduct of genocide and imperialism, pure and simple.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing_of_Georgians_...