War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) | Wikipedia audio article
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War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)


00:01:53 1 War
00:04:56 1.1 Georgian offensive
00:09:27 1.2 Fall of Gagra
00:12:10 1.3 Abkhaz offensive on Eshera, Gulripshi, Kamani and Shroma
00:13:52 1.4 Bombing and siege of Sukhumi
00:17:54 1.5 Fall of Sukhumi
00:22:24 1.6 Refugee exodus
00:23:57 1.7 Ethnic cleansing campaign
00:26:38 1.8 Russia's role in the conflict
00:36:49 1.8.1 Humanitarian actions
00:37:48 1.9 Results
00:41:42 2 Conflict mediation
00:44:04 2.1 UN involvement
00:44:50 3 Weapons
00:45:27 4 See also
00:45:44 5 Notes
00:45:53 6 Further reading
00:47:17 7 External links



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SUMMARY
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The War in Abkhazia from 1992 to 1993 was fought between Georgian government forces for the most part, and Abkhaz separatist forces, Soviet Russian government armed forces and North Caucasian militants. Ethnic Georgians who lived in Abkhazia fought largely on the side of Georgian government forces. Ethnic Armenians and Russians within Abkhazia's population largely supported the Abkhazians, and many fought on their side. The separatists received support from thousands of North Caucasus and Cossack militants and from the Russian Federation forces stationed in and near Abkhazia.The handling of this conflict was aggravated by the civil strife in Georgia proper (between the supporters of the ousted Georgian president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia – in office 1991–1992 – and the post-coup government headed by Eduard Shevardnadze) as well as by the Georgian–Ossetian conflict of 1989 onwards.
Significant human-rights violations and atrocities were reported on all sides, peaking in the aftermath of the Abkhaz capture of Sukhumi on 27 September 1993, which (according to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) was followed by a large-scale campaign of ethnic cleansing against the ethnic Georgian population. A fact-finding mission dispatched by the UN Secretary General in October 1993 reported numerous and serious human rights violations committed both by Abkhazians and by Georgians.
From 13,000 to 20,000 ethnic Georgians and approximately 3,000 Abkhaz have been reported killed, more than 250,000 Georgians became internally displaced or refugees and 2,000 are considered missing.
The war heavily affected post-Soviet Georgia, which suffered considerable financial, human and psychological damage. The fighting and subsequent continued sporadic conflict have devastated Abkhazia.