Lesser Abkhazia (

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

: ჯიქეთი, Jiqeti) was the term used to refer to those lands of

Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...

that were not subject to the direct control of the ruling Shervashidze dynasty.

History

After the

Russian-Circassian War The Russo-Circassian War ( ady, Урыс-адыгэ зауэ, translit=Wurıs-adığə zawə; ; 1763–1864; also known as the Russian Invasion of Circassia) was the invasion of Circassia by Russia, starting in July 17, 1763 ( O.S) with the Ru ...

, the bulk of the mountaineers relocated to the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

, while the depopulated coastline was gradually colonized by Christian settlers of various ethnicity. Loo temple

Sadzen was an ill-defined region on the eastern shore of the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

which used to be settled by the

Sadz The Sadz or Asadzwa, also Jigets, are a subethnic group of the Abkhazians. They are sometimes purported to have originated from the Sanigoi tribe mentioned by the Classic authors. In the 6th century, they formed a tribal principality, which later ...

people, hence the name. In the mid-19th century, it came to be known in Russian and Western literature as Lesser Abkhazia. According to

Ivane Javakhishvili Ivane Alexandres dze Javakhishvili ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილი; 23 April 1876 – 18 November 1940) was a Georgian historian and linguist whose voluminous works heavily influenced the modern scholarship of the history ...

it is a historical part of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

, The northern part of Sadzen today forms part of

Greater Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

, while the southern part falls within the borders of

. The

Sochi conflict Sochi conflict was a three-party border conflict which involved the counterrevolutionary White movement, White Russian forces, Bolsheviks, Bolshevik Red Army and the Democratic Republic of Georgia, each of which sought control over the Black Sea ...

took place in Sadzen in 1918-1920.

References

History of Kuban Historical regions of Georgia (country) Regions of Abkhazia Subdivisions of Abkhazia {{Abkhazia-geo-stub

History

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