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Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
Armed forces of Abkhazia: MOD Minister for Defence - Vladimir Mikanba Head of General Staff
- Vladimir Arshba Personnel - some 3,000 servicemen MOD forces are structured as follows:
- Ground Troops
- Air Force
- Navy
- Air Defence
There are also a guard company and a communications company subordinated directly to the minister.
The guard company: 60 servicemen, 4 APC (BTR-70), and one self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery system 3CU-23-4 "Shilka" The communications company: 50 servicemen, and military vehicles P-142 (4) and P-145 (1)
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Written by Sausryqua
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
 The seven 5-pointed stars above the palm are the seven main regions of historical Abkhazia: Sadzen (Dzhigetia), Bzyp, Gomaa, Abzhwa, Samurzaq'an, Dal-Ts'abal, Pshoy-Aybga. These incorporated the ethnic territory of the Abkhazians from the River Xost (frontier with the Ubykhs) down to the River Ingur (frontier with Mingrelia) and from the Black Sea to the Caucasus Mountains. Apart from this, the number '7' for Abkhazians (as for many other peoples) is viewed
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Written by Sausryqua
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
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Abkhazia's greatest challenge in the coming years lies in redeveloping the economy. The Soviet Communist Model had devastating consequences for Abkhazia as for the entire former Soviet Union. After ratifying its Constitution in 1994 and declaring its independence from Georgia, Abkhazia has embarked on a path toward market Capitalism and promotion of Abkhazian industry. The Government of Abkhazia is committed to establishing free market economy, based on private ownership of property, encouragement of foreign investment, western-style banking, and the promotion of a favorable business climate. |
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Written by Sausryqua
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
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Abkhazia not only is blessed with a favorable climate and great natural beauty; it also possesses an abundance of strategic natural resources. Abkhazia has more forests and timber than Austria. It also has enormous supply of spring water. Along with the major cash crops of citrus, tea, and tobacco, Abkhaz farmers cultivate olives, grapes, and a large assortment of indigenous plant species. |
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Written by Sausryqua
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
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Abkhazia to date has a population of approximately 300,000. Since the middle of the 19th Century, the Russian policies regarding the Caucasus has been to expel the local inhabitants, forcing them to emigrate to Turkey in the Mid East. Concurrently, Russians, Armenians and Georgians were settled into Abkhazia. This policy continued under Bolsheviks after the Revolution of 1917 and peaked under the Stalin era. At present there are over one hundred thirty five thousand ethnic Abkhazians (total population 200,000) currently residing in Abkhazia with Russians, Armenians Georgians, Greeks, and Jews comprising most of the remainder of the Abkhazian population. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 December 2006 )
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