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	The Abkhaz name {{lang\|ab-Latn\|Apsny}} ({{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}) is etymologized as 'a land of the soul'<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|title=Contested Borders in the Caucasus: Chapter I (3/4) \|work=vub.ac.be \|access-date=10 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127185336/http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> however the literal meaning is 'a country of mortals'.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ozgan \|first=Konstantin \|author-link=Konstantin Ozgan \|editor=Ole Høiris, Sefa Martin Yürükel \|title=Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus \|chapter-url=http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|year=1998 \|publisher=Aarhus University Press \|isbn=978-87-7288-708-1 \|page=184 \|chapter=Abkhazia: Problems and the Paths to their Resolution \|quote=[...] ''Apsny'', which when translated, means 'Land of the Abkhazians [Mortals]' [...] See Chirikba (1991) for the etymology deriving the Abkhazian native [[ethnonym]] from the root 'die' in the sense of 'mortal being'. The popular belief that the toponym is etymologisable as 'Land of the Soul' is demonstrated by Chirikba to be no longer tenable. \|access-date=27 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227150801/http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|archive-date=27 February 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> It possibly first appeared in the seventh century in an Armenian text, perhaps referring to the ancient [[Apsilae\|Apsilians]].<ref name="Hewitt2013">{{cite book \|last=Hewitt \|first=George B. \|title=Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|year=2013 \|publisher=BRILL \|isbn=978-90-04-24893-9 \|page=9 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|archive-date=17 November 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		The Abkhaz name {{lang\|ab-Latn\|Apsny}} ({{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}) is etymologized as 'a land of the soul'<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|title=Contested Borders in the Caucasus: Chapter I (3/4) \|work=vub.ac.be \|access-date=10 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127185336/http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> however the literal meaning is 'a country of mortals'.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ozgan \|first=Konstantin \|author-link=Konstantin Ozgan \|editor=Ole Høiris, Sefa Martin Yürükel \|title=Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus \|chapter-url=http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|year=1998 \|publisher=Aarhus University Press \|isbn=978-87-7288-708-1 \|page=184 \|chapter=Abkhazia: Problems and the Paths to their Resolution \|quote=[...] ''Apsny'', which when translated, means 'Land of the Abkhazians [Mortals]' [...] See Chirikba (1991) for the etymology deriving the Abkhazian native [[ethnonym]] from the root 'die' in the sense of 'mortal being'. The popular belief that the toponym is etymologisable as 'Land of the Soul' is demonstrated by Chirikba to be no longer tenable. \|access-date=27 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227150801/http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|archive-date=27 February 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> It possibly first appeared in the seventh century in an Armenian text, perhaps referring to the ancient [[Apsilae\|Apsilians]].<ref name="Hewitt2013">{{cite book \|last=Hewitt \|first=George B. \|title=Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|year=2013 \|publisher=BRILL \|isbn=978-90-04-24893-9 \|page=9 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|archive-date=17 November 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	In early Muslim sources, the term ''Abkhazia'' was generally used to mean the territory of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author=Prof. Lordkipanidze M. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225231434/http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author-last=~~25 February 2021~~ \|title=The Abkhazians and Abkhazia \|archive-date=25 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>For all practical purposes the term ''Abkhdz'' or ''Afkhdz'', in early Muslim sources covers Georgia and Georgians. [[Vasily Bartold\|Barthold, Wasil]] & [[Vladimir Minorsky\|Minorsky, Vladimir]], "Abkhaz", in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'', Vol. 1, 1960.</ref>		In early Muslim sources, the term ''Abkhazia'' was generally used to mean the territory of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author=Prof. Lordkipanidze M. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225231434/http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author-last= \|title=The Abkhazians and Abkhazia \|archive-date=25 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>For all practical purposes the term ''Abkhdz'' or ''Afkhdz'', in early Muslim sources covers Georgia and Georgians. [[Vasily Bartold\|Barthold, Wasil]] & [[Vladimir Minorsky\|Minorsky, Vladimir]], "Abkhaz", in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'', Vol. 1, 1960.</ref>

	Presumably considered as a successor state of Lazica ({{lang\|ka-Latn\|Egrisi}} in Georgian sources), this new polity continued to be referred to as Egrisi in some Byzantine era Georgian and Armenian chronicles (e.g. ''The Vitae of the Georgian Kings'' by [[Leonti Mroveli]] and ''The History of Armenia'' by [[Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi]]).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lortkipanidze \|first1=Mariam \|last2=Otkhmezuri \|first2=Giorgi \|title=Abkhazia's status as part of Georgia: historical perspective \|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus \|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/abkhazia-s-status-as-part-of-georgia-historical-perspective \|year=2010 \|volume=4 \|issue=1–2 \|page=175 }}</ref>		Presumably considered as a successor state of Lazica ({{lang\|ka-Latn\|Egrisi}} in Georgian sources), this new polity continued to be referred to as Egrisi in some Byzantine era Georgian and Armenian chronicles (e.g. ''The Vitae of the Georgian Kings'' by [[Leonti Mroveli]] and ''The History of Armenia'' by [[Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi]]).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lortkipanidze \|first1=Mariam \|last2=Otkhmezuri \|first2=Giorgi \|title=Abkhazia's status as part of Georgia: historical perspective \|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus \|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/abkhazia-s-status-as-part-of-georgia-historical-perspective \|year=2010 \|volume=4 \|issue=1–2 \|page=175 }}</ref>

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	The Abkhaz name {{lang\|ab-Latn\|Apsny}} ({{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}) is etymologized as 'a land of the soul'<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|title=Contested Borders in the Caucasus: Chapter I (3/4) \|work=vub.ac.be \|access-date=10 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127185336/http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> however the literal meaning is 'a country of mortals'.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ozgan \|first=Konstantin \|author-link=Konstantin Ozgan \|editor=Ole Høiris, Sefa Martin Yürükel \|title=Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus \|chapter-url=http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|year=1998 \|publisher=Aarhus University Press \|isbn=978-87-7288-708-1 \|page=184 \|chapter=Abkhazia: Problems and the Paths to their Resolution \|quote=[...] ''Apsny'', which when translated, means 'Land of the Abkhazians [Mortals]' [...] See Chirikba (1991) for the etymology deriving the Abkhazian native [[ethnonym]] from the root 'die' in the sense of 'mortal being'. The popular belief that the toponym is etymologisable as 'Land of the Soul' is demonstrated by Chirikba to be no longer tenable. \|access-date=27 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227150801/http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|archive-date=27 February 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> It possibly first appeared in the seventh century in an Armenian text, perhaps referring to the ancient [[Apsilae\|Apsilians]].<ref name="Hewitt2013">{{cite book \|last=Hewitt \|first=George B. \|title=Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|year=2013 \|publisher=BRILL \|isbn=978-90-04-24893-9 \|page=9 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|archive-date=17 November 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		The Abkhaz name {{lang\|ab-Latn\|Apsny}} ({{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}) is etymologized as 'a land of the soul'<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|title=Contested Borders in the Caucasus: Chapter I (3/4) \|work=vub.ac.be \|access-date=10 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127185336/http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> however the literal meaning is 'a country of mortals'.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ozgan \|first=Konstantin \|author-link=Konstantin Ozgan \|editor=Ole Høiris, Sefa Martin Yürükel \|title=Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus \|chapter-url=http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|year=1998 \|publisher=Aarhus University Press \|isbn=978-87-7288-708-1 \|page=184 \|chapter=Abkhazia: Problems and the Paths to their Resolution \|quote=[...] ''Apsny'', which when translated, means 'Land of the Abkhazians [Mortals]' [...] See Chirikba (1991) for the etymology deriving the Abkhazian native [[ethnonym]] from the root 'die' in the sense of 'mortal being'. The popular belief that the toponym is etymologisable as 'Land of the Soul' is demonstrated by Chirikba to be no longer tenable. \|access-date=27 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227150801/http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|archive-date=27 February 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> It possibly first appeared in the seventh century in an Armenian text, perhaps referring to the ancient [[Apsilae\|Apsilians]].<ref name="Hewitt2013">{{cite book \|last=Hewitt \|first=George B. \|title=Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|year=2013 \|publisher=BRILL \|isbn=978-90-04-24893-9 \|page=9 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|archive-date=17 November 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	In early Muslim sources, the term ''Abkhazia'' was generally used to mean the territory of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author=Prof. Lordkipanidze M. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225231434/http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author-~~date~~=25 February 2021 \|title=The Abkhazians and Abkhazia }}</ref><ref>For all practical purposes the term ''Abkhdz'' or ''Afkhdz'', in early Muslim sources covers Georgia and Georgians. [[Vasily Bartold\|Barthold, Wasil]] & [[Vladimir Minorsky\|Minorsky, Vladimir]], "Abkhaz", in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'', Vol. 1, 1960.</ref>		In early Muslim sources, the term ''Abkhazia'' was generally used to mean the territory of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author=Prof. Lordkipanidze M. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225231434/http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author-last=25 February 2021 \|title=The Abkhazians and Abkhazia \|archive-date=25 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>For all practical purposes the term ''Abkhdz'' or ''Afkhdz'', in early Muslim sources covers Georgia and Georgians. [[Vasily Bartold\|Barthold, Wasil]] & [[Vladimir Minorsky\|Minorsky, Vladimir]], "Abkhaz", in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'', Vol. 1, 1960.</ref>

	Presumably considered as a successor state of Lazica ({{lang\|ka-Latn\|Egrisi}} in Georgian sources), this new polity continued to be referred to as Egrisi in some Byzantine era Georgian and Armenian chronicles (e.g. ''The Vitae of the Georgian Kings'' by [[Leonti Mroveli]] and ''The History of Armenia'' by [[Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi]]).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lortkipanidze \|first1=Mariam \|last2=Otkhmezuri \|first2=Giorgi \|title=Abkhazia's status as part of Georgia: historical perspective \|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus \|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/abkhazia-s-status-as-part-of-georgia-historical-perspective \|year=2010 \|volume=4 \|issue=1–2 \|page=175 }}</ref>		Presumably considered as a successor state of Lazica ({{lang\|ka-Latn\|Egrisi}} in Georgian sources), this new polity continued to be referred to as Egrisi in some Byzantine era Georgian and Armenian chronicles (e.g. ''The Vitae of the Georgian Kings'' by [[Leonti Mroveli]] and ''The History of Armenia'' by [[Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi]]).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lortkipanidze \|first1=Mariam \|last2=Otkhmezuri \|first2=Giorgi \|title=Abkhazia's status as part of Georgia: historical perspective \|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus \|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/abkhazia-s-status-as-part-of-georgia-historical-perspective \|year=2010 \|volume=4 \|issue=1–2 \|page=175 }}</ref>

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	\| government_type = Unitary [[presidential system\|presidential republic]]		\| government_type = Unitary [[presidential system\|presidential republic]]
	\| leader_title1 = [[President of Abkhazia\|President]]		\| leader_title1 = [[President of Abkhazia\|President]]
	\| leader_name1 = [[~~Aslan~~ ~~Bzhania~~]]{{needs update\|?=yes\|date=November 2024}}		\| leader_name1 = [[Badra Gunba]]{{needs update\|?=yes\|date=November 2024}}
	\| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Abkhazia\|Vice President]]		\| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Abkhazia\|Vice President]]
	\| leader_name2 = [[Badr Gunba]]{{needs update\|?=yes\|date=November 2024}}		\| leader_name2 = [[Badr Gunba]]{{needs update\|?=yes\|date=November 2024}}

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	\| leader_title3 = [[Prime Minister of Abkhazia\|Prime Minister]]		\| leader_title3 = [[Prime Minister of Abkhazia\|Prime Minister]]
	\| leader_name3 = [[Alexander Ankvab]]		\| leader_name3 = [[Alexander Ankvab]]

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	\| leader_name1 = [[Aslan Bzhania]]		\| leader_name1 = [[Aslan Bzhania]]{{needs update\|?=yes}}
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	{{cite book \|last=Wells \|first=John C. \|title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary \|publisher=Longman \|year=2008 \|isbn=978-1-4058-8118-0 \|edition=3rd}}</ref>)		{{cite book \|last=Wells \|first=John C. \|title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary \|publisher=Longman \|year=2008 \|isbn=978-1-4058-8118-0 \|edition=3rd}}</ref>)

	The Abkhaz name ''Apsny'' ({{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}) is etymologized as ~~{{em\|~~a land of the soul}}<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|title=Contested Borders in the Caucasus: Chapter I (3/4) \|work=vub.ac.be \|access-date=10 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127185336/http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> however the literal meaning is ~~{{em\|~~a country of mortals}}.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ozgan \|first=Konstantin \|author-link=Konstantin Ozgan \|editor=Ole Høiris, Sefa Martin Yürükel \|title=Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus \|chapter-url=http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|year=1998 \|publisher=Aarhus University Press \|isbn=978-87-7288-708-1 \|page=184 \|chapter=Abkhazia: Problems and the Paths to their Resolution \|quote=[...] ''Apsny'', which when translated, means 'Land of the Abkhazians [Mortals]' [...] See Chirikba (1991) for the etymology deriving the Abkhazian native [[ethnonym]] from the root 'die' in the sense of 'mortal being'. The popular belief that the toponym is etymologisable as 'Land of the Soul' is demonstrated by Chirikba to be no longer tenable. \|access-date=27 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227150801/http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|archive-date=27 February 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> It possibly first appeared in the seventh century in an Armenian text, perhaps referring to the ancient [[Apsilae\|Apsilians]].<ref name="Hewitt2013">{{cite book \|last=Hewitt \|first=George B. \|title=Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|year=2013 \|publisher=BRILL \|isbn=978-90-04-24893-9 \|page=9 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|archive-date=17 November 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		The Abkhaz name {{lang\|ab-Latn\|Apsny}} ({{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}) is etymologized as 'a land of the soul'<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|title=Contested Borders in the Caucasus: Chapter I (3/4) \|work=vub.ac.be \|access-date=10 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127185336/http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> however the literal meaning is 'a country of mortals'.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ozgan \|first=Konstantin \|author-link=Konstantin Ozgan \|editor=Ole Høiris, Sefa Martin Yürükel \|title=Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus \|chapter-url=http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|year=1998 \|publisher=Aarhus University Press \|isbn=978-87-7288-708-1 \|page=184 \|chapter=Abkhazia: Problems and the Paths to their Resolution \|quote=[...] ''Apsny'', which when translated, means 'Land of the Abkhazians [Mortals]' [...] See Chirikba (1991) for the etymology deriving the Abkhazian native [[ethnonym]] from the root 'die' in the sense of 'mortal being'. The popular belief that the toponym is etymologisable as 'Land of the Soul' is demonstrated by Chirikba to be no longer tenable. \|access-date=27 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227150801/http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|archive-date=27 February 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> It possibly first appeared in the seventh century in an Armenian text, perhaps referring to the ancient [[Apsilae\|Apsilians]].<ref name="Hewitt2013">{{cite book \|last=Hewitt \|first=George B. \|title=Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|year=2013 \|publisher=BRILL \|isbn=978-90-04-24893-9 \|page=9 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|archive-date=17 November 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	In early Muslim sources, the term "Abkhazia" was generally used to mean the territory of Georgia.<ref>[http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html Prof. Lordkipanidze M.~~] {{Webarchive~~ \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225231434/http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|date=25 February 2021 ~~}} ''~~The Abkhazians and Abkhazia''</ref><ref>For all practical purposes the term Abkhdz or Afkhdz, in early Muslim sources covers Georgia and Georgians . [[Vasily Bartold\|Barthold, Wasil]] & [[Vladimir Minorsky\|Minorsky, Vladimir]], "Abkhaz", in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'', Vol. 1, 1960.</ref>		In early Muslim sources, the term ''Abkhazia'' was generally used to mean the territory of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author=Prof. Lordkipanidze M. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225231434/http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author-date=25 February 2021 \|title=The Abkhazians and Abkhazia }}</ref><ref>For all practical purposes the term ''Abkhdz'' or ''Afkhdz'', in early Muslim sources covers Georgia and Georgians. [[Vasily Bartold\|Barthold, Wasil]] & [[Vladimir Minorsky\|Minorsky, Vladimir]], "Abkhaz", in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'', Vol. 1, 1960.</ref>

	Presumably considered as a successor state of Lazica (''Egrisi'' in Georgian sources), this new polity continued to be referred to as Egrisi in some Byzantine era Georgian and Armenian chronicles (e.g. ''The Vitae of the Georgian Kings'' by [[Leonti Mroveli]] and ''The History of Armenia'' by [[Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi~~\|Hovannes Draskhanakertsi~~]]).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lortkipanidze\|first1=Mariam \|last2=Otkhmezuri\|first2=Giorgi \|title=Abkhazia's status as part of Georgia: historical perspective\|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus \|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/abkhazia-s-status-as-part-of-georgia-historical-perspective\|year=2010\|volume=4 \|issue=1–2\|page=175}}</ref>		Presumably considered as a successor state of Lazica ({{lang\|ka-Latn\|Egrisi}} in Georgian sources), this new polity continued to be referred to as Egrisi in some Byzantine era Georgian and Armenian chronicles (e.g. ''The Vitae of the Georgian Kings'' by [[Leonti Mroveli]] and ''The History of Armenia'' by [[Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi]]).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lortkipanidze \|first1=Mariam \|last2=Otkhmezuri \|first2=Giorgi \|title=Abkhazia's status as part of Georgia: historical perspective \|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus \|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/abkhazia-s-status-as-part-of-georgia-historical-perspective \|year=2010 \|volume=4 \|issue=1–2 \|page=175 }}</ref>

	The state is designated as the "Republic of Abkhazia" in its constitution.<ref name="Constitution">{{cite web \|url=http://abkhazworld.com/aw/reports-and-key-texts/607-constitution-of-the-republic-of-abkhazia-apsny \|title=Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia (Apsny) \|date=22 October 2008 \|publisher=Abkhazworld.com \|access-date=31 May 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624045315/http://abkhazworld.com/aw/reports-and-key-texts/607-constitution-of-the-republic-of-abkhazia-apsny \|archive-date=24 June 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		The state is designated as the "Republic of Abkhazia" in its constitution.<ref name="Constitution">{{cite web \|url=http://abkhazworld.com/aw/reports-and-key-texts/607-constitution-of-the-republic-of-abkhazia-apsny \|title=Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia (Apsny) \|date=22 October 2008 \|publisher=Abkhazworld.com \|access-date=31 May 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624045315/http://abkhazworld.com/aw/reports-and-key-texts/607-constitution-of-the-republic-of-abkhazia-apsny \|archive-date=24 June 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>
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	On the website of the President of Abkhazia, it says: "The names the Republic of Abkhazia and Apsny are equivalent".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Website of the President of Abkhazia \|url=http://presidentofabkhazia.org/en/respublika_abkhazia/respublika-abkhaziya-obshchaya-informatsiya/ \|access-date=2024-09-12 \|website=presidentofabkhazia.org}}</ref>		On the website of the President of Abkhazia, it says: "The names the Republic of Abkhazia and Apsny are equivalent".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Website of the President of Abkhazia \|url=http://presidentofabkhazia.org/en/respublika_abkhazia/respublika-abkhaziya-obshchaya-informatsiya/ \|access-date=2024-09-12 \|website=presidentofabkhazia.org}}</ref>

	Before the 20th century, the region was sometimes referred to in English language sources as "Abhasia".<ref>The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly. 1838, p. 422.;</ref><ref>Edmund Ollier. Cassell's illustrated history of the Russo-Turkish. 1885</ref>		Before the 20th century, the region was sometimes referred to in English language sources as ''Abhasia''.<ref>''The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly''. 1838, p. 422.;</ref><ref>Edmund Ollier. ''Cassell's illustrated history of the Russo-Turkish''. 1885</ref>

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	'''Abkhazia'''{{refn\|group=n\|{{bulleted list\|{{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны\|Apsny}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}\|{{lang-rus\|Абха́зия\|r=Abkhaziya\|p=ɐˈpxazʲɪjə\|links=yes}}\|{{lang-ka\|აფხაზეთი\|tr}} {{IPA-ka\|ˈapʰχazetʰi\|IPA}}\|{{langx\|xmf\|აბჟუა\|abzhua}}, or {{lang\|xmf\|სააფხაზო}} {{transliteration\|xmf\|saapkhazo}}}}}} ({{IPAc-en\|audio=Abkhazia pronunciation.mp3\|æ\|b\|ˈ\|k\|ɑː\|z\|i\|ə}} {{respell\|ab\|KAH\|zee\|ə}}),<ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/abkhazia \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325154956/https://www.lexico.com/definition/abkhazia \|archive-date=25 March 2020 \|title=Abkhazia {{!}} Meaning of Abkhazia by Lexico \|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English \|language=en \|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> officially the '''Republic of Abkhazia''',{{refn\|group=n\|{{bulleted list\|{{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны Аҳәынҭқарра\|Apsny Ahwyntqarra}}\|{{lang-rus\|Республика Абхазия\|r=Respublika Abkhaziya\|links=yes}}}}}} is a [[List of states with limited recognition\|partially recognised state]] in the [[South Caucasus]], on the eastern coast of the [[Black Sea]], at the intersection of [[Eastern Europe]] and [[West Asia]]. It covers {{convert\|8665\|sqkm\|sqmi}} and has a population of around 245,000. Its capital and largest city is [[Sukhumi]].		'''Abkhazia'''{{refn\|group=n\|{{bulleted list\|{{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны\|Apsny}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}\|{{lang-rus\|Абха́зия\|r=Abkhaziya\|p=ɐˈpxazʲɪjə\|links=yes}}\|{{lang-ka\|აფხაზეთი\|tr}} {{IPA-ka\|ˈapʰχazetʰi\|IPA}}\|{{langx\|xmf\|აბჟუა\|abzhua}}, or {{lang\|xmf\|სააფხაზო}} {{transliteration\|xmf\|saapkhazo}}}}}} ({{IPAc-en\|audio=Abkhazia pronunciation.mp3\|æ\|b\|ˈ\|k\|ɑː\|z\|i\|ə}} {{respell\|ab\|KAH\|zee\|ə}}),<ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/abkhazia \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325154956/https://www.lexico.com/definition/abkhazia \|archive-date=25 March 2020 \|title=Abkhazia {{!}} Meaning of Abkhazia by Lexico \|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English \|language=en \|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> officially the '''Republic of Abkhazia''',{{refn\|group=n\|{{bulleted list\|{{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны Аҳәынҭқарра\|Apsny Ahwyntqarra}}\|{{lang-rus\|Республика Абхазия\|r=Respublika Abkhaziya\|links=yes}}}}}} is a [[List of states with limited recognition\|partially recognised state]] in the [[South Caucasus]], on the eastern coast of the [[Black Sea]], at the intersection of [[Eastern Europe]] and [[West Asia]]. It covers {{convert\|8665\|sqkm\|sqmi}} and has a population of around 245,000. Its capital and largest city is [[Sukhumi]].

	The political status ~~of the Republic~~ of Abkhazia is a ~~key~~ issue of the [[Abkhazia conflict]] and [[Georgia–Russia relations]]. Abkhazia has been [[International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia\|recognised as an independent state]] by [[Russia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Nauru]], and [[Syria]]; however, the [[Government of Georgia (country)\|Georgian government]] and nearly all [[United Nations]] member states consider Abkhazia [[Sovereign state\|sovereign territory]] of [[Georgia (country)\|Georgia]].<ref name="Faultlines">Olga Oliker, Thomas S. Szayna. Faultlines of Conflict in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Implications for the U.S. Army. Rand Corporation, 2003, {{ISBN\|978-0-8330-3260-7}}.</ref><ref name="Clogg">{{cite web \|last=Clogg \|first=Rachel \|date=January 2001 \|title=Abkhazia: ten years on \|url=http://www.c-r.org/resources/occasional-papers/abkhazia-ten-years-on.php \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302113248/http://www.c-r.org/resources/occasional-papers/abkhazia-ten-years-on.php \|archive-date=2 March 2008 \|access-date=31 May 2016 \|publisher=Conciliation Resources}}</ref><ref name="Karagiannis">Emmanuel Karagiannis. Energy and Security in the Caucasus. Routledge, 2002. {{ISBN\|978-0-7007-1481-0}}.</ref><ref name="Olympics">{{Cite web \|last=Parfitt \|first=Tom \|date=6 August 2007 \|title=Georgia up in arms over Olympic cash \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/07/russia.sport \|access-date=25 February 2023 \|website=The Guardian \|archive-date=4 November 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104213010/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/07/russia.sport \|url-status=live }}</ref> Lacking effective control over the Abkhazian territory, Georgia maintains an Abkhaz [[Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia\|government-in-exile]].		The political status of Abkhazia is a central issue of the [[Abkhazia conflict]] and [[Georgia–Russia relations]]. Abkhazia has been [[International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia\|recognised as an independent state]] by [[Russia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Nauru]], and [[Syria]]; however, the [[Government of Georgia (country)\|Georgian government]] and nearly all [[United Nations]] member states consider Abkhazia [[Sovereign state\|sovereign territory]] of [[Georgia (country)\|Georgia]].<ref name="Faultlines">Olga Oliker, Thomas S. Szayna. Faultlines of Conflict in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Implications for the U.S. Army. Rand Corporation, 2003, {{ISBN\|978-0-8330-3260-7}}.</ref><ref name="Clogg">{{cite web \|last=Clogg \|first=Rachel \|date=January 2001 \|title=Abkhazia: ten years on \|url=http://www.c-r.org/resources/occasional-papers/abkhazia-ten-years-on.php \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302113248/http://www.c-r.org/resources/occasional-papers/abkhazia-ten-years-on.php \|archive-date=2 March 2008 \|access-date=31 May 2016 \|publisher=Conciliation Resources}}</ref><ref name="Karagiannis">Emmanuel Karagiannis. Energy and Security in the Caucasus. Routledge, 2002. {{ISBN\|978-0-7007-1481-0}}.</ref><ref name="Olympics">{{Cite web \|last=Parfitt \|first=Tom \|date=6 August 2007 \|title=Georgia up in arms over Olympic cash \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/07/russia.sport \|access-date=25 February 2023 \|website=The Guardian \|archive-date=4 November 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104213010/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/07/russia.sport \|url-status=live }}</ref> Lacking effective control over the Abkhazian territory, Georgia maintains an Abkhaz [[Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia\|government-in-exile]].

	The region [[Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic\|had autonomy]] within [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic\|Soviet Georgia]] at the time when the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|Soviet Union began to disintegrate]] in the late 1980s. Simmering ethnic tensions between the [[Abkhazians\|Abkhaz]]—the region's [[Titular nation\|titular ethnicity]]—and [[Georgians]]—the largest single ethnic group at that time—culminated in the [[War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)\|1992–1993 War in Abkhazia]], which resulted in Georgia's loss of control over most of Abkhazia and the [[Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia\|ethnic cleansing of Georgians from Abkhazia]]. Despite a [[Agreement on a Cease-fire and Separation of Forces\|1994 ceasefire agreement]] and years of negotiations, the dispute remains unresolved. The long-term presence of a [[United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia\|United Nations Observer Mission]] and a Russian-led [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] peacekeeping force failed to prevent the flare-up of violence on several occasions. In August 2008, Abkhaz and Russian forces fought [[Russo-Georgian War\|a war]] against Georgian forces, which led to the formal recognition of Abkhazia by Russia, the annulment of the 1994 ceasefire agreement and the termination of the UN mission. On 23 October 2008, the [[Parliament of Georgia]] declared Abkhazia a [[Russian-occupied territories in Georgia\|Russian-occupied territory]], a position shared by most United Nations member states.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Georgia/Russia, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in South Ossetia {{!}} How does law protect in war? - Online casebook \|url=https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/georgiarussia-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-conflict-south-ossetia \|access-date=5 March 2024 \|website=casebook.icrc.org \|archive-date=4 October 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004173607/https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/georgiarussia-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-conflict-south-ossetia \|url-status=live }}</ref>		The region [[Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic\|had autonomy]] within [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic\|Soviet Georgia]] at the time when the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|Soviet Union began to disintegrate]] in the late 1980s. Simmering ethnic tensions between the [[Abkhazians\|Abkhaz]]—the region's [[Titular nation\|titular ethnicity]]—and [[Georgians]]—the largest single ethnic group at that time—culminated in the [[War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)\|1992–1993 War in Abkhazia]], which resulted in Georgia's loss of control over most of Abkhazia and the [[Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia\|ethnic cleansing of Georgians from Abkhazia]]. Despite a [[Agreement on a Cease-fire and Separation of Forces\|1994 ceasefire agreement]] and years of negotiations, the dispute remains unresolved. The long-term presence of a [[United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia\|United Nations Observer Mission]] and a Russian-led [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] peacekeeping force failed to prevent the flare-up of violence on several occasions. In August 2008, Abkhaz and Russian forces fought [[Russo-Georgian War\|a war]] against Georgian forces, which led to the formal recognition of Abkhazia by Russia, the annulment of the 1994 ceasefire agreement and the termination of the UN mission. On 23 October 2008, the [[Parliament of Georgia]] declared Abkhazia a [[Russian-occupied territories in Georgia\|Russian-occupied territory]], a position shared by most United Nations member states.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Georgia/Russia, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in South Ossetia {{!}} How does law protect in war? - Online casebook \|url=https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/georgiarussia-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-conflict-south-ossetia \|access-date=5 March 2024 \|website=casebook.icrc.org \|archive-date=4 October 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004173607/https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/georgiarussia-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-conflict-south-ossetia \|url-status=live }}</ref>

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	'''Abkhazia'''{{refn\|group=n\|{{bulleted list\|{{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны\|Apsny}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}\|{{lang-rus\|Абха́зия\|r=Abkhaziya\|p=ɐˈpxazʲɪjə\|links=yes}}\|{{lang-ka\|აფხაზეთი\|tr}} {{IPA-ka\|ˈapʰχazetʰi\|IPA}}\|{{langx\|xmf\|აბჟუა\|abzhua}}, or {{lang\|xmf\|სააფხაზო}} {{transliteration\|xmf\|saapkhazo}}}}}} ({{IPAc-en\|audio=Abkhazia pronunciation.mp3\|æ\|b\|ˈ\|k\|ɑː\|z\|i\|ə}} {{respell\|ab\|KAH\|zee\|ə}}),<ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/abkhazia \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325154956/https://www.lexico.com/definition/abkhazia \|archive-date=25 March 2020 \|title=Abkhazia {{!}} Meaning of Abkhazia by Lexico \|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English \|language=en \|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> officially the '''Republic of Abkhazia''',{{refn\|group=n\|{{bulleted list\|{{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны Аҳәынҭқарра\|Apsny Ahwyntqarra}}\|{{lang-rus\|Республика Абхазия\|r=Respublika Abkhaziya\|links=yes}}}}}} is a [[List of states with limited recognition\|partially recognised state]] in the [[South Caucasus]], on the eastern coast of the [[Black Sea]], at the intersection of [[Eastern Europe]] and [[West Asia]]. It covers {{convert\|8665\|sqkm\|sqmi}} and has a population of around 245,000. Its capital and largest city is [[Sukhumi]].		'''Abkhazia'''{{refn\|group=n\|{{bulleted list\|{{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны\|Apsny}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}\|{{lang-rus\|Абха́зия\|r=Abkhaziya\|p=ɐˈpxazʲɪjə\|links=yes}}\|{{lang-ka\|აფხაზეთი\|tr}} {{IPA-ka\|ˈapʰχazetʰi\|IPA}}\|{{langx\|xmf\|აბჟუა\|abzhua}}, or {{lang\|xmf\|სააფხაზო}} {{transliteration\|xmf\|saapkhazo}}}}}} ({{IPAc-en\|audio=Abkhazia pronunciation.mp3\|æ\|b\|ˈ\|k\|ɑː\|z\|i\|ə}} {{respell\|ab\|KAH\|zee\|ə}}),<ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/abkhazia \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325154956/https://www.lexico.com/definition/abkhazia \|archive-date=25 March 2020 \|title=Abkhazia {{!}} Meaning of Abkhazia by Lexico \|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English \|language=en \|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> officially the '''Republic of Abkhazia''',{{refn\|group=n\|{{bulleted list\|{{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны Аҳәынҭқарра\|Apsny Ahwyntqarra}}\|{{lang-rus\|Республика Абхазия\|r=Respublika Abkhaziya\|links=yes}}}}}} is a [[List of states with limited recognition\|partially recognised state]] in the [[South Caucasus]], on the eastern coast of the [[Black Sea]], at the intersection of [[Eastern Europe]] and [[West Asia]]. It covers {{convert\|8665\|sqkm\|sqmi}} and has a population of around 245,000. Its capital and largest city is [[Sukhumi]].

	The political status of Abkhazia is a ~~central~~ issue of the [[Abkhazia conflict]] and [[Georgia–Russia relations]]. Abkhazia has been [[International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia\|recognised as an independent state]] by [[Russia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Nauru]], and [[Syria]]; however, the [[Government of Georgia (country)\|Georgian government]] and nearly all [[United Nations]] member states consider Abkhazia [[Sovereign state\|sovereign territory]] of [[Georgia (country)\|Georgia]].<ref name="Faultlines">Olga Oliker, Thomas S. Szayna. Faultlines of Conflict in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Implications for the U.S. Army. Rand Corporation, 2003, {{ISBN\|978-0-8330-3260-7}}.</ref><ref name="Clogg">{{cite web \|last=Clogg \|first=Rachel \|date=January 2001 \|title=Abkhazia: ten years on \|url=http://www.c-r.org/resources/occasional-papers/abkhazia-ten-years-on.php \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302113248/http://www.c-r.org/resources/occasional-papers/abkhazia-ten-years-on.php \|archive-date=2 March 2008 \|access-date=31 May 2016 \|publisher=Conciliation Resources}}</ref><ref name="Karagiannis">Emmanuel Karagiannis. Energy and Security in the Caucasus. Routledge, 2002. {{ISBN\|978-0-7007-1481-0}}.</ref><ref name="Olympics">{{Cite web \|last=Parfitt \|first=Tom \|date=6 August 2007 \|title=Georgia up in arms over Olympic cash \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/07/russia.sport \|access-date=25 February 2023 \|website=The Guardian \|archive-date=4 November 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104213010/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/07/russia.sport \|url-status=live }}</ref> Lacking effective control over the Abkhazian territory, Georgia maintains an Abkhaz [[Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia\|government-in-exile]].		The political status of the Republic of Abkhazia is a key issue of the [[Abkhazia conflict]] and [[Georgia–Russia relations]]. Abkhazia has been [[International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia\|recognised as an independent state]] by [[Russia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Nauru]], and [[Syria]]; however, the [[Government of Georgia (country)\|Georgian government]] and nearly all [[United Nations]] member states consider Abkhazia [[Sovereign state\|sovereign territory]] of [[Georgia (country)\|Georgia]].<ref name="Faultlines">Olga Oliker, Thomas S. Szayna. Faultlines of Conflict in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Implications for the U.S. Army. Rand Corporation, 2003, {{ISBN\|978-0-8330-3260-7}}.</ref><ref name="Clogg">{{cite web \|last=Clogg \|first=Rachel \|date=January 2001 \|title=Abkhazia: ten years on \|url=http://www.c-r.org/resources/occasional-papers/abkhazia-ten-years-on.php \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302113248/http://www.c-r.org/resources/occasional-papers/abkhazia-ten-years-on.php \|archive-date=2 March 2008 \|access-date=31 May 2016 \|publisher=Conciliation Resources}}</ref><ref name="Karagiannis">Emmanuel Karagiannis. Energy and Security in the Caucasus. Routledge, 2002. {{ISBN\|978-0-7007-1481-0}}.</ref><ref name="Olympics">{{Cite web \|last=Parfitt \|first=Tom \|date=6 August 2007 \|title=Georgia up in arms over Olympic cash \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/07/russia.sport \|access-date=25 February 2023 \|website=The Guardian \|archive-date=4 November 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104213010/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/07/russia.sport \|url-status=live }}</ref> Lacking effective control over the Abkhazian territory, Georgia maintains an Abkhaz [[Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia\|government-in-exile]].

	The region [[Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic\|had autonomy]] within [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic\|Soviet Georgia]] at the time when the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|Soviet Union began to disintegrate]] in the late 1980s. Simmering ethnic tensions between the [[Abkhazians\|Abkhaz]]—the region's [[Titular nation\|titular ethnicity]]—and [[Georgians]]—the largest single ethnic group at that time—culminated in the [[War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)\|1992–1993 War in Abkhazia]], which resulted in Georgia's loss of control over most of Abkhazia and the [[Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia\|ethnic cleansing of Georgians from Abkhazia]]. Despite a [[Agreement on a Cease-fire and Separation of Forces\|1994 ceasefire agreement]] and years of negotiations, the dispute remains unresolved. The long-term presence of a [[United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia\|United Nations Observer Mission]] and a Russian-led [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] peacekeeping force failed to prevent the flare-up of violence on several occasions. In August 2008, Abkhaz and Russian forces fought [[Russo-Georgian War\|a war]] against Georgian forces, which led to the formal recognition of Abkhazia by Russia, the annulment of the 1994 ceasefire agreement and the termination of the UN mission. On 23 October 2008, the [[Parliament of Georgia]] declared Abkhazia a [[Russian-occupied territories in Georgia\|Russian-occupied territory]], a position shared by most United Nations member states.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Georgia/Russia, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in South Ossetia {{!}} How does law protect in war? - Online casebook \|url=https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/georgiarussia-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-conflict-south-ossetia \|access-date=5 March 2024 \|website=casebook.icrc.org \|archive-date=4 October 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004173607/https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/georgiarussia-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-conflict-south-ossetia \|url-status=live }}</ref>		The region [[Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic\|had autonomy]] within [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic\|Soviet Georgia]] at the time when the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union\|Soviet Union began to disintegrate]] in the late 1980s. Simmering ethnic tensions between the [[Abkhazians\|Abkhaz]]—the region's [[Titular nation\|titular ethnicity]]—and [[Georgians]]—the largest single ethnic group at that time—culminated in the [[War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)\|1992–1993 War in Abkhazia]], which resulted in Georgia's loss of control over most of Abkhazia and the [[Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia\|ethnic cleansing of Georgians from Abkhazia]]. Despite a [[Agreement on a Cease-fire and Separation of Forces\|1994 ceasefire agreement]] and years of negotiations, the dispute remains unresolved. The long-term presence of a [[United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia\|United Nations Observer Mission]] and a Russian-led [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] peacekeeping force failed to prevent the flare-up of violence on several occasions. In August 2008, Abkhaz and Russian forces fought [[Russo-Georgian War\|a war]] against Georgian forces, which led to the formal recognition of Abkhazia by Russia, the annulment of the 1994 ceasefire agreement and the termination of the UN mission. On 23 October 2008, the [[Parliament of Georgia]] declared Abkhazia a [[Russian-occupied territories in Georgia\|Russian-occupied territory]], a position shared by most United Nations member states.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Georgia/Russia, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in South Ossetia {{!}} How does law protect in war? - Online casebook \|url=https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/georgiarussia-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-conflict-south-ossetia \|access-date=5 March 2024 \|website=casebook.icrc.org \|archive-date=4 October 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004173607/https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/georgiarussia-independent-international-fact-finding-mission-conflict-south-ossetia \|url-status=live }}</ref>

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	The Abkhaz name {{lang\|ab-Latn\|Apsny}} ({{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}) is etymologized as 'a land of the soul'<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|title=Contested Borders in the Caucasus: Chapter I (3/4) \|work=vub.ac.be \|access-date=10 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127185336/http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> however the literal meaning is 'a country of mortals'.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ozgan \|first=Konstantin \|author-link=Konstantin Ozgan \|editor=Ole Høiris, Sefa Martin Yürükel \|title=Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus \|chapter-url=http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|year=1998 \|publisher=Aarhus University Press \|isbn=978-87-7288-708-1 \|page=184 \|chapter=Abkhazia: Problems and the Paths to their Resolution \|quote=[...] ''Apsny'', which when translated, means 'Land of the Abkhazians [Mortals]' [...] See Chirikba (1991) for the etymology deriving the Abkhazian native [[ethnonym]] from the root 'die' in the sense of 'mortal being'. The popular belief that the toponym is etymologisable as 'Land of the Soul' is demonstrated by Chirikba to be no longer tenable. \|access-date=27 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227150801/http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|archive-date=27 February 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> It possibly first appeared in the seventh century in an Armenian text, perhaps referring to the ancient [[Apsilae\|Apsilians]].<ref name="Hewitt2013">{{cite book \|last=Hewitt \|first=George B. \|title=Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|year=2013 \|publisher=BRILL \|isbn=978-90-04-24893-9 \|page=9 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|archive-date=17 November 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		The Abkhaz name {{lang\|ab-Latn\|Apsny}} ({{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}) is etymologized as 'a land of the soul'<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|title=Contested Borders in the Caucasus: Chapter I (3/4) \|work=vub.ac.be \|access-date=10 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127185336/http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> however the literal meaning is 'a country of mortals'.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ozgan \|first=Konstantin \|author-link=Konstantin Ozgan \|editor=Ole Høiris, Sefa Martin Yürükel \|title=Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus \|chapter-url=http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|year=1998 \|publisher=Aarhus University Press \|isbn=978-87-7288-708-1 \|page=184 \|chapter=Abkhazia: Problems and the Paths to their Resolution \|quote=[...] ''Apsny'', which when translated, means 'Land of the Abkhazians [Mortals]' [...] See Chirikba (1991) for the etymology deriving the Abkhazian native [[ethnonym]] from the root 'die' in the sense of 'mortal being'. The popular belief that the toponym is etymologisable as 'Land of the Soul' is demonstrated by Chirikba to be no longer tenable. \|access-date=27 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227150801/http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|archive-date=27 February 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> It possibly first appeared in the seventh century in an Armenian text, perhaps referring to the ancient [[Apsilae\|Apsilians]].<ref name="Hewitt2013">{{cite book \|last=Hewitt \|first=George B. \|title=Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|year=2013 \|publisher=BRILL \|isbn=978-90-04-24893-9 \|page=9 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|archive-date=17 November 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	In early Muslim sources, the term ''Abkhazia'' was generally used to mean the territory of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author=Prof. Lordkipanidze M. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225231434/http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author-last=~~25 February 2021~~ \|title=The Abkhazians and Abkhazia \|archive-date=25 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>For all practical purposes the term ''Abkhdz'' or ''Afkhdz'', in early Muslim sources covers Georgia and Georgians. [[Vasily Bartold\|Barthold, Wasil]] & [[Vladimir Minorsky\|Minorsky, Vladimir]], "Abkhaz", in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'', Vol. 1, 1960.</ref>		In early Muslim sources, the term ''Abkhazia'' was generally used to mean the territory of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author=Prof. Lordkipanidze M. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225231434/http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author-last= \|title=The Abkhazians and Abkhazia \|archive-date=25 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>For all practical purposes the term ''Abkhdz'' or ''Afkhdz'', in early Muslim sources covers Georgia and Georgians. [[Vasily Bartold\|Barthold, Wasil]] & [[Vladimir Minorsky\|Minorsky, Vladimir]], "Abkhaz", in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'', Vol. 1, 1960.</ref>

	Presumably considered as a successor state of Lazica ({{lang\|ka-Latn\|Egrisi}} in Georgian sources), this new polity continued to be referred to as Egrisi in some Byzantine era Georgian and Armenian chronicles (e.g. ''The Vitae of the Georgian Kings'' by [[Leonti Mroveli]] and ''The History of Armenia'' by [[Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi]]).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lortkipanidze \|first1=Mariam \|last2=Otkhmezuri \|first2=Giorgi \|title=Abkhazia's status as part of Georgia: historical perspective \|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus \|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/abkhazia-s-status-as-part-of-georgia-historical-perspective \|year=2010 \|volume=4 \|issue=1–2 \|page=175 }}</ref>		Presumably considered as a successor state of Lazica ({{lang\|ka-Latn\|Egrisi}} in Georgian sources), this new polity continued to be referred to as Egrisi in some Byzantine era Georgian and Armenian chronicles (e.g. ''The Vitae of the Georgian Kings'' by [[Leonti Mroveli]] and ''The History of Armenia'' by [[Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi]]).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lortkipanidze \|first1=Mariam \|last2=Otkhmezuri \|first2=Giorgi \|title=Abkhazia's status as part of Georgia: historical perspective \|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus \|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/abkhazia-s-status-as-part-of-georgia-historical-perspective \|year=2010 \|volume=4 \|issue=1–2 \|page=175 }}</ref>

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	The Abkhaz name {{lang\|ab-Latn\|Apsny}} ({{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}) is etymologized as 'a land of the soul'<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|title=Contested Borders in the Caucasus: Chapter I (3/4) \|work=vub.ac.be \|access-date=10 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127185336/http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> however the literal meaning is 'a country of mortals'.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ozgan \|first=Konstantin \|author-link=Konstantin Ozgan \|editor=Ole Høiris, Sefa Martin Yürükel \|title=Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus \|chapter-url=http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|year=1998 \|publisher=Aarhus University Press \|isbn=978-87-7288-708-1 \|page=184 \|chapter=Abkhazia: Problems and the Paths to their Resolution \|quote=[...] ''Apsny'', which when translated, means 'Land of the Abkhazians [Mortals]' [...] See Chirikba (1991) for the etymology deriving the Abkhazian native [[ethnonym]] from the root 'die' in the sense of 'mortal being'. The popular belief that the toponym is etymologisable as 'Land of the Soul' is demonstrated by Chirikba to be no longer tenable. \|access-date=27 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227150801/http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|archive-date=27 February 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> It possibly first appeared in the seventh century in an Armenian text, perhaps referring to the ancient [[Apsilae\|Apsilians]].<ref name="Hewitt2013">{{cite book \|last=Hewitt \|first=George B. \|title=Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|year=2013 \|publisher=BRILL \|isbn=978-90-04-24893-9 \|page=9 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|archive-date=17 November 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		The Abkhaz name {{lang\|ab-Latn\|Apsny}} ({{langx\|ab\|Аԥсны}}, {{IPA-all\|apʰsˈnɨ\|IPA}}) is etymologized as 'a land of the soul'<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|title=Contested Borders in the Caucasus: Chapter I (3/4) \|work=vub.ac.be \|access-date=10 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127185336/http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0103.htm \|archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> however the literal meaning is 'a country of mortals'.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Ozgan \|first=Konstantin \|author-link=Konstantin Ozgan \|editor=Ole Høiris, Sefa Martin Yürükel \|title=Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus \|chapter-url=http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|year=1998 \|publisher=Aarhus University Press \|isbn=978-87-7288-708-1 \|page=184 \|chapter=Abkhazia: Problems and the Paths to their Resolution \|quote=[...] ''Apsny'', which when translated, means 'Land of the Abkhazians [Mortals]' [...] See Chirikba (1991) for the etymology deriving the Abkhazian native [[ethnonym]] from the root 'die' in the sense of 'mortal being'. The popular belief that the toponym is etymologisable as 'Land of the Soul' is demonstrated by Chirikba to be no longer tenable. \|access-date=27 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227150801/http://www.abkhazalliance.com/ozganp.html \|archive-date=27 February 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> It possibly first appeared in the seventh century in an Armenian text, perhaps referring to the ancient [[Apsilae\|Apsilians]].<ref name="Hewitt2013">{{cite book \|last=Hewitt \|first=George B. \|title=Discordant Neighbours: A Reassessment of the Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian Conflicts \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|year=2013 \|publisher=BRILL \|isbn=978-90-04-24893-9 \|page=9 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117204359/https://books.google.com/books?id=eshhfkTqkXkC&pg=PA9 \|archive-date=17 November 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	In early Muslim sources, the term ''Abkhazia'' was generally used to mean the territory of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author=Prof. Lordkipanidze M. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225231434/http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author-~~date~~=25 February 2021 \|title=The Abkhazians and Abkhazia }}</ref><ref>For all practical purposes the term ''Abkhdz'' or ''Afkhdz'', in early Muslim sources covers Georgia and Georgians. [[Vasily Bartold\|Barthold, Wasil]] & [[Vladimir Minorsky\|Minorsky, Vladimir]], "Abkhaz", in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'', Vol. 1, 1960.</ref>		In early Muslim sources, the term ''Abkhazia'' was generally used to mean the territory of Georgia.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author=Prof. Lordkipanidze M. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225231434/http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/div/m.lordkiPaniZe_abkh.html \|author-last=25 February 2021 \|title=The Abkhazians and Abkhazia \|archive-date=25 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>For all practical purposes the term ''Abkhdz'' or ''Afkhdz'', in early Muslim sources covers Georgia and Georgians. [[Vasily Bartold\|Barthold, Wasil]] & [[Vladimir Minorsky\|Minorsky, Vladimir]], "Abkhaz", in ''[[The Encyclopaedia of Islam]]'', Vol. 1, 1960.</ref>

	Presumably considered as a successor state of Lazica ({{lang\|ka-Latn\|Egrisi}} in Georgian sources), this new polity continued to be referred to as Egrisi in some Byzantine era Georgian and Armenian chronicles (e.g. ''The Vitae of the Georgian Kings'' by [[Leonti Mroveli]] and ''The History of Armenia'' by [[Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi]]).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lortkipanidze \|first1=Mariam \|last2=Otkhmezuri \|first2=Giorgi \|title=Abkhazia's status as part of Georgia: historical perspective \|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus \|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/abkhazia-s-status-as-part-of-georgia-historical-perspective \|year=2010 \|volume=4 \|issue=1–2 \|page=175 }}</ref>		Presumably considered as a successor state of Lazica ({{lang\|ka-Latn\|Egrisi}} in Georgian sources), this new polity continued to be referred to as Egrisi in some Byzantine era Georgian and Armenian chronicles (e.g. ''The Vitae of the Georgian Kings'' by [[Leonti Mroveli]] and ''The History of Armenia'' by [[Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi]]).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lortkipanidze \|first1=Mariam \|last2=Otkhmezuri \|first2=Giorgi \|title=Abkhazia's status as part of Georgia: historical perspective \|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus \|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/abkhazia-s-status-as-part-of-georgia-historical-perspective \|year=2010 \|volume=4 \|issue=1–2 \|page=175 }}</ref>

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	\| leader_title1 = [[President of Abkhazia\|President]]		\| leader_title1 = [[President of Abkhazia\|President]]
	\| leader_name1 = [[~~Aslan~~ ~~Bzhania~~]]{{needs update\|?=yes\|date=November 2024}}		\| leader_name1 = [[Badra Gunba]]{{needs update\|?=yes\|date=November 2024}}
	\| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Abkhazia\|Vice President]]		\| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Abkhazia\|Vice President]]
	\| leader_name2 = [[Badr Gunba]]{{needs update\|?=yes\|date=November 2024}}		\| leader_name2 = [[Badr Gunba]]{{needs update\|?=yes\|date=November 2024}}

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	\| government_type = Unitary [[presidential system\|presidential republic]]		\| government_type = Unitary [[presidential system\|presidential republic]]
	\| leader_title1 = [[President of Abkhazia\|President]]		\| leader_title1 = [[President of Abkhazia\|President]]
	\| leader_name1 = [[Aslan Bzhania]]{{needs update\|?=yes}}		\| leader_name1 = [[Aslan Bzhania]]{{needs update\|?=yes\|date=November 2024}}
	\| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Abkhazia\|Vice President]]		\| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Abkhazia\|Vice President]]
	\| leader_name2 = [[Badr Gunba]]{{needs update\|?=yes}}		\| leader_name2 = [[Badr Gunba]]{{needs update\|?=yes\|date=November 2024}}
	\| leader_title3 = [[Prime Minister of Abkhazia\|Prime Minister]]		\| leader_title3 = [[Prime Minister of Abkhazia\|Prime Minister]]
	\| leader_name3 = [[Alexander Ankvab]]		\| leader_name3 = [[Alexander Ankvab]]

← Previous revision		Revision as of 10:52, 19 November 2024
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	\| government_type = Unitary [[presidential system\|presidential republic]]		\| government_type = Unitary [[presidential system\|presidential republic]]
	\| leader_title1 = [[President of Abkhazia\|President]]		\| leader_title1 = [[President of Abkhazia\|President]]
	\| leader_name1 = [[Aslan Bzhania]]		\| leader_name1 = [[Aslan Bzhania]]{{needs update\|?=yes}}
	\| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Abkhazia\|Vice President]]		\| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Abkhazia\|Vice President]]
	\| leader_name2 = [[Badr Gunba]]		\| leader_name2 = [[Badr Gunba]]{{needs update\|?=yes}}
	\| leader_title3 = [[Prime Minister of Abkhazia\|Prime Minister]]		\| leader_title3 = [[Prime Minister of Abkhazia\|Prime Minister]]
	\| leader_name3 = [[Alexander Ankvab]]		\| leader_name3 = [[Alexander Ankvab]]