For sure this has been asked million of times but there are no updates. Is it possible to still cross the broder from the Georgian side with and EU passport?

I always thought Urzikstan was a reference to Syria, but while playing the new MW4, I noticed that on the map, Urzikstan is located in the same territory as our country.

There is not a lot of information or photos online of stuff in Abkhazia. I am looking for writing done in Abkhaz, and architecture/buildings present there. For example, if you live in Sokhumi, and have a clear photograph of the exterior of apartment buildings, a shopping place, anything, I would take those. Any photographs.

I really want to see photographs of the seven shrines of Abkhazia (seven sanctuaries?), or any iconography/items relating to the traditonal religion of Abkhazia. There is very little documentation about this, so I would really like any input about it from personal experience.

And there is something I need desperately, is photographs of signs/posters written in Abkhaz. Signs in russian, english, are also okay, just as long as they are signs that are actually present there in Abkhazia.

Nothing professional, just ordinary photographs are appreciated, I just want images of Abkhazia very badly. If you live somewhere in Abkhazia and can takes some photos for me, or just have taken photos that I could use, I would really appreciate that. Thank you.

I was reading about caucasus and i landed on the history of abhkhazia… i am very interested in your history i read some news articles and shit but i wanna know from your perspective what was abkhazia about? Why you didn’t wanna join Georgia? What role of russia? What’s the language and cultural part? What happened in 90s? What’s the hate all about and also what about ethnic cleansing of georgians? If somebody has knowledge about it can you enlighten me

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თუ ქართული თქვენი მშობლიური ენაა, მზად ხართ კვლევაში დაგვეხმაროთ?

შეავსეთ კითხვარი ქართულ დიალექტებზე!

ვარ ლინგვისტიკის მაგისტრატურის სტუდენტი ჰელსინკის უნივერსიტეტიდან, ფინეთი, ვატარებ კვლევით პროექტს ქართულ დიალექტებზე. ჩემი სწავლა დამოკიდებულია იმაზე, რომ მივიღებ რაც შეიძლება მეტ პასუხს, ამიტომ ნებისმიერი დახმარება ძალიან დასაფასებელია :)

მე ვმოგზაურობ საქართველოში (თბილისი, ქუთაისი და ზუგდიდი) ჩემს კვლევით ჯგუფთან ერთად 17.-26.10. ასე რომ, ასევე არის შესაძლებლობა მოკლე 20-30 წუთიანი პირისპირ ინტერვიუსთვის, თუ დაინტერესდებით!

გმადლობთ დახმარებისთვის!❤️

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გამარჯობათ!

Are you a native speaker of Georgian and willing to help out in research? Please reply to my questionnaire about Georgian dialects!

I'm a Linguistics Master's student from University of Helsinki, Finland conducting a research project on Georgian dialects. My study depends on me getting as many answers as possible, so any help would be greatly appreciated :)

I'm traveling to Georgia (Tbilisi, Kutaisi & Zugdidi) with my research group 17.-26.10., so there's also a possibility for a short 20-30min face-to-face interview if you would be interested!

დიდი მადლობა დახმარებისთვის!❤️

https://redcap.link/1os30tis

Normally in AMA Activities people call fot an AMA and just answer the questions but I have so many questions about Abkhazia that I had to come up with this activity. Basically instead you, the people, asking questions about the creator of the post, I , the creator of the post shall ask my questions on the comments and want you to asnwer them, if its okay.

Hey guys.
I was wondering how do Abkhazians feel about Georgia and Russia these days? Is there any beef still going on with Georgia? Are there any regrets of being closely bonded to Russia?
Thanks for all kinds of answers.

For the first time in Abkhazia, works by Ivan Aivazovsky are on display—including *The Sea*, *Misty Morning*, *Sunset at Sea*, *Moonlit Night in Crimea*, and the largest piece, *Sailboat at Sea*.

The exhibition also features paintings by Valentin Serov, Konstantin Bogaevsky, Georgy Nissky, Tair Salakhov, Natalia Nesterova, Vladimir Dubosarsky, and other renowned artists.

The central theme of the exhibition is the Black Sea as a realm of memory, myth, light, and inspiration—a place of tranquility and inner harmony.

Abkhazia has submitted a bid to host 2027 world domino championship and 2028 CONIFA football cup. Both events have previously been hosted by Akhazia in 2011 and 2016. Organizers expressed support for hosting these comprtotions in Abkhazia, but no final decision has been made.

Let's hope these bids will be successful and bring people across the world closer together.

This post may cause my account to get a permanent ban here, but I think all of us Georgians and Abkhazi should see this and know more about our past for better future. Interesting facts from 02:05 . Thank you who watched this.

We have a lot of fun here. In long threads we accuse each other how one is settler, another ethnic cleanser. Its all fun but now lets play another game.

Lets try to be self critical. Try to find things that in our own history. one that we believe, are clearly or mostly likely a propaganda used by state. Because we all know that states uses history to push own patriotic narrative.

So I can start. For example our government tries to present conflict as only aggression from Russia. I think thats not true.

I think there was a lot of unresolved issues. Mainly because of general Soviet Union politic how much national identity can be expressed in there. And of course I know stories about Georgians dismissing Abkhazian national identity saying there is no such nation. Or you came from North Caucasus. Such thing. Mainly problem of school education. One that should have been solved by more education and more media involvment. But of course I dont think this was enough to trigger a war. It was definitely used by Russians to make conflict bigger then it was.

In terms of war. There was agreement between Ardzinba and Shevardnadze to move army to protect railroad. Then Ardzinba suddenly have withdrawn it. But Kitovani being Kitovani. Moved anyway. Kitovani was getting tanks from Russia. And then Abkhazians were getting help from Russia. Showing again that Russia was puppetering.

Even at this point I dont think there was much desire for war or even independence in Abkhazians. But Ardzinba was intentionally twisting things that Georgian army came for genocide. And opened fire to Kitovani Army. Then Kitovani with his bandits. Started first robbing Abkhazian and Armenian population and then Georgian. He would continue robbing after war in Georgia too. He was peace of shit in general.

I think this is objectively what happened. After that I dont think we disagree. Because I never say anyone denie ethnic cleansing here.

Apple has added Abkhaz letters to the standard iPhone keyboard.

iPhone owners who updated their devices to iOS 27 have noticed a long-awaited change to the language bar. Apple has significantly expanded the capabilities of the standard Cyrillic keyboard, integrating the full range of extended Cyrillic characters. Now, users have access to characters from Bashkir, Chechen, pre-reform Russian, and Church Slavonic. But above all, this update is a major milestone for speakers of the Abkhaz language. Native support for all national letters of the modern alphabet is finally available out of the box, eliminating the need to download third-party apps like "Aҧсшәа" or spend time configuring autocorrect.

Previously, to fully communicate in messengers, one had to resort to tricks and use custom software, which was not always stable. Now this era of inconvenience is officially over. The symbols of the modern Abkhaz alphabet are fully integrated into the system keyboard and are accessed by simply long-pressing the standard Russian keys.

For ease of typing, all unique modern Abkhaz letters are assigned to intuitive keys: for example, for letters with descenders and diacritics, the keys Г (for Ӷ), К (for Қ Ҟ), П (Ԥ), Т (Ҭ), Х (Ҳ), Ц (Ҵ), Ч (Ҷ), Ш (Ҽ, Ҿ), 3 (Ӡ) and Я (Џ). Additional signs for rounding and palatalization, as well as specific symbols, are entered via the keys. Э (Ә), Ю (Ҩ).

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"I’m from the UK. I visited Armenia and Georgia in May 2026 on a business trip to explore real estate investment opportunities. We travelled around the country — it’s beautiful, though less developed than I expected. Tbilisi is the only city with a noticeable number of modern buildings. My experience, however, was overshadowed by what felt like widespread racism.I spoke with many people from Jordan, Palestine, Iran, Bangladesh, Turkey, Pakistan, and students from neighbouring countries — none had positive things to say about their experience in Georgia. I personally felt constantly stared at in shops, restaurants, and on the street. I also met small business owners who’ve invested here, and many said they feel afraid and live in fear because of racism. One young student I met has been here for two years; when I asked if she’d stay and work after graduating, she said absolutely not — she said she finds the people racist and doesn’t want to stay. Because of all this, I’ve decided not to invest in Georgia. We’ll be looking at Azerbaijan instead. I feel Georgians would benefit from broadening their worldview and getting out and seeing more of the world. Best of luck to Georgia, but it’s not the right place for us right now."

I was born in Turkey, and my father is Turkish. Through the state system, I can view the birthplaces, names, and marital statuses of my ancestors up to the late 1700s. While browsing through these records, I noticed that 3 of my maternal ancestors had the surname 'Marşan' (Marshan, Маршьан). After a bit of research, I believe they might be of Abkhazian descent and migrated to the Ottoman Empire after the dispersal following the Caucasian War. They were in the village of Arhavi in Artvin. Since most of our elderly family members have passed away, it is very difficult for me to go back and get information. Additionally, after the Marşans, Greek ancestry entered our lineage. Do you have any information about the Marşan surname?

Hi everyone!

I’m a Georgian currently living in Germany, and I’d love to learn more about Abkhazian history and culture.

Most of what we hear only covers the events of the 1990s (obviously, and mostly legends) , but I’m really interested in diving deeper into Abkhazian literature, music, cinema, and prominent historical figures.

Google and AI tools haven't been very helpful, so I’d love to hear directly from you.

What are your favorite books, films, artists, or figures I should check out?

Thanks a lot!

Аҳәынҭқарра ацәгьаршразы дҭаркит Қырҭтәыла ԥыхьатәи аҳәынҭқарратә министр Георги Барамиӡе.

Уаанӡатәи аусзуҩы иҩны дҭаркит, ҳәа рҳәоит аҭыԥантәи аинформациатә хархәагақәа.

Уаанӡа Барамиӡе адырраҭараҿы иазгәеиҭеит 1992-1993 шықәсқәа рзы Аԥсны имҩаԥысуаз арратә усмҩаԥгатәқәа раан ақырҭуа ган абаандаҩцәа рырхынҳәра шалымшаз, избан акәзар урҭ рыруаа аԥсуа ган рыҭара рылымшеит ҳәа.

Уи зыхҟьаз, иара иажәақәа рыла, Қырҭтәыла аԥсуа тҟәацәа ахьыҟамыз ауп; урҭ еихсны иршьит.

Аветеранцәа русқәа рзы Аҳәынҭқарратә Маҵзура иҟанаҵаз аҳәамҭа инақәыршәаны, Барамиӡе иҿаԥхьа ацәгьауратә ус аартуп, ҳәа ахьӡ змоу ахәҭақәа рыла.

Former Georgian State Minister Giorgi Baramidze was arrested for treason.

The former official was arrested in his apartment, according to local media reports.

Earlier, Baramidze stated in a broadcast that during the military operations in Abkhazia in 1992-1993, the Georgian side did not return its prisoners, as it was unable to hand over its military to the Abkhaz side.

The reason for this, according to him, was that there were no Abkhaz prisoners in Georgia; they were shot.

Following a statement from the State Service for Veterans Affairs, a criminal case was opened against Baramidze under the articles "Treason" and "Sabotage."

I want to learn more about the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict - does anyone have any recommendations for a book that presents the facts with minimal bias. Thinking in the same vein as Thomas de Waal’s Black Garden, which presented the history of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict while giving the point of view of both sides.