Balti naissnaiprid Gruusia-Abhaasia ja Tšetšeenia sõdades / Women Snipers from the Baltic States Fighting in the Georgian-Abkhazian and Chechen Wars
Journal: Ajalooline Ajakiri The Estonian Historical Journal
Year: 2024

There have been many wars in the Caucasus in recent history, but Estonia and Estonians have had little contact with them. About 170 people were evacuated to Estonia from Abkhazia at the beginning of the Georgian-Abkhazian war (1992–93) – Abkhazian Estonians and their family members. Several hundred Estonians left during and after the war – some came to Estonia, some went to Russia, while others went to Georgia. A dozen Abkhazian Estonians fought in the war on the Abkhazian side. On the Abkhaz si