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Message:: [QUOTE="Siberian Man, post: 7912647, member: 22500"]The Republic of Abkhazia is a partially recognized state located on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Its territory is 8665 sq. km., the population does not exceed 250,000 people. The capital of Abkhazia is the city of Sukhum. During the existence of the USSR, Abkhazia was part of the Georgian SSR on the rights of autonomy. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Abkhazians declared self-determination and seceded from the Georgian Republic, which provoked the bloody Georgian-Abkhazian war of 1992-1993, during which each side lost up to 5,000 people killed. After the victory over the Georgians, Abkhazia officially declared independence (November 26, 1994) and began to focus on active cooperation with Russia. After the Russian-Georgian conflict in August 2008, the Russian Federation officially recognized the sovereignty of the Republic of Abkhazia. After it, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Syria, Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu recognized the independence of the country, but later Tuvalu and Vanuatu withdrew their recognition.[/QUOTE]