Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia

The Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia, also known as the Massacres of Georgians in Abkhazia and Genocide of Georgians in Abkhazia (Georgian: ქართველთა გენოციდი აფხაზეთში) (according to Georgian sources) — refers to ethnic cleansing, massacres and forced mass expulsion of thousands of ethnic Georgians living in Abkhazia (de jure an Autonomous Republic within Georgia) during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict of 1992–1993 and 1998 at the hands of... More

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