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ABKHASIA, or ABHASIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 65 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABKHASIA, or ABHASIA , a See also:tract of See also:Russian See also:Caucasia, See also:government of See also:Kutais. The See also:Caucasus mountains on the N. and N.E. See also:divide it from See also:Circassia; on the S.E. it is bounded by See also:Mingrelia; 1. 3and on the S.W. by the See also:Black See also:Sea. Though the See also:country is generally mountainous, with dense forests of See also:oak and See also:walnut, there are some deep, well-watered valleys, and the See also:climate is mild. The See also:soil is fertile, producing See also:wheat, See also:maize, grapes, See also:figs, pomegranates and See also:wine. See also:Cattle and horses are bred. See also:Honey is produced; and excellent arms are made. This country was subdued (c. 55o) by the See also:Emperor Justinian, who introduced See also:Christianity. Native dynasties ruled from 735 to the 15th See also:century, when the region was conquered by the See also:Turks and became See also:Mahommedan. The Russians acquired See also:possession of it piecemeal between 1829 and 1842, but their See also:power was not firmly established until after 1864. See also:Area, 2800 sq. m.

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principal See also:town is Sukhum-kaleh. Pop. 43,000, of whom two-thirds are Mingrelians and one-third Abkhasians, a Cherkess or Circassian See also:race. The See also:total number of Abkhasians in the two governments of Kutais and See also:Kuban was 72,103 in 1897; large See also:numbers emigrated to the See also:Turkish See also:empire in 1864 and 1878.

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