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Message:: [QUOTE="Siberian Man, post: 1030028, member: 22500"]Well... As for Abchazia and it's history: Abchazia was colonized by a Greeks about 2600 years ago. Since II century b.c. in Abchazia was situated a Roman troops. Since IV century b.c. Abchazia belonged to East Roman Empire (Byzantia).In VI century b.c. Abchazia got own tsar. In VIII century b.c. Abchazia become an independent country. Abchazia got a part of Western Georgia too (!): it means that Western Georgia was the part of Abkhazia but not inside out.Abchazia and  Kahetia (Central-Southern Georgia) struggled during X century b.c. for the territory & power. Kahetia won the war and recieved the territory of Abchazia. In XV century the Kingdom of Georgia desintegrated and Abchazia become an independent principality again.Since XVI century b.c. until XVIII century b.c. Abchazia (and Georgia too) tortured by turkish troops.In 1809 George the prince of Abchazia asked Russian Emperor Alexander I to join Abchazia to Russia, because only Russian troops could protect abchazian people from a turkish genocide. So, Abchazia joined to Russia in 1810, as an independent principality, but not as a part of Georgia.[/QUOTE]