Ethnic changes in Abkhazia (2nd half of the 19th century – beginning of the 21st century). Cover Image

Przemiany narodowościowe w Abchazji od II połowy XIX do początku XXI wieku.
Ethnic changes in Abkhazia (2nd half of the 19th century – beginning of the 21st century).

Author(s): Andrzej Jakubowski
Subject(s): Ethnohistory, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Abkhazia; Abkhazians; Georgians; ethnic structure; ethnic changes;

Summary/Abstract: Main aim of the paper is to analyse ethnic changes that took place in Abkhazia from the 60s of the 19th century to the present. The paper discusses the changes in ethnic structure of Abkhazia caused by the forced exodus of the Abkhazians to the Ottoman Empire (muhajirstvo), the process of multinational settlement in Abkhazia from the late 19th century to the 1990s, the Georgian-Abkhazian war of 1992-1993 and the national policy of de facto Abkhazia led in the post-war period in the terms of the absence of international recognition.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 1-15
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish