The solitude of Abkhazia, by Douglas W. Freshfield (1896)

An excerpt from ‘The solitude of Abkhazia’ [The exploration of the Caucasus Vol. II (1896). pp.191-220], where Douglas W. Freshfield affectionately describes not only the wonderful scenery but also the sad desolation following the migration of the bulk of Abkhazia’s autochthonous population to Ottoman lands following the end of the great Caucasian war (1864) and the Russo-Turkish war (1877-78). The Exploration of the Caucasus Volume II:
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