Tevfik Esenç passed away 31 years ago, on October 7, 1992, in Türkiye. With his death, the Ubykh language also passed away, as he was the last native speaker.

Born in Kyrgyzstan in 1957 to Chechen parents, Imam Alimsultanov's life narrative is intertwined with the historic fabric of his people. His parents, alongside most Chechens and Ingush, had faced forced deportations to Central Asia on February 23, 1944, marking a sombre backdrop to his early years.

Yamze Kapba, a distinguished veteran of the Patriotic War of the people of Abkhazia (1992-1993), has been honoured with the Order of Leon. The demise of her brother, Nurbey Kapba, in December 1992, while fighting for Abkhazia’s freedom, became the catalyst for Yamze’s decision to bear arms in pursuit of revenge.

In a poignant interview, this war veteran shared insights into her military journey and her life in the aftermath of the war, with Lana Abshilava facilitating the conversation.

Babusya Chamagua suffered the loss of both her sons in the Patriotic War of the people of Abkhazia (1992-93 Georgian-Abkhazian War). One of them strikingly resembled the first president, Vladislav Ardzinba, and it was in the Abkhazian leader that the bereaved mother found a semblance of her lost son.

Discover the story of the acquaintance between Vladislav Ardzinba and the mother who endured the loss of her sons, and learn about their subsequent communication in this article.

Born in 1966 in the Circassian village of Yukarı Karagöz (Makarhable) in the Pınarbaşı district of Kayseri, Yegodzh Hanefi Aslan returned to his ancestral homeland, the Caucasus, in April 1993 and settled in Abkhazia.