Lela Avidzba reads the poem "The Knight In The Panther's Skin" by Shota Rustaveli (in the original Georgian, Russian, and Abkhaz). TBILISI -- Lela Avidzba is a rarity -- an Abkhaz who is fluent in the ...
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has announced a new state program aimed at developing and protecting the Abkhaz language in an effort to woo back its prodigal Abkhazian citizens.
Abkhazia may be an impoverished, largely unrecognized piece of separatist Caucasus territory, but, for many, it sure beats Syria these days. Thirty-two Syrians of Abkhaz descent have escaped the ...