Stanislav Lakoba | Special to Abkhaz World

The venerable Abkhazian princely family Shervashidze (Chachba) is renowned for having produced many famous personalities. The genealogy of the Shervashidze family is discussed in considerable detail in the fourth volume of the book “Noble Families of the Russian Empire”
(Moscow, 1998).

Chapter 4. History: Ist-XVIIIth Century, Oleg Bgazhba - 'The Abkhazians: A Handbook' by George Hewitt (Editor) Richmond, Surrey: The Curzon Press 1999.

T.A. Achugba
The Ethnic History of the Abkhazians in the XIX-XXth Centuries.
Ethno-political and migrational aspects(Sukhum, 2010)
R e s u m e

This telegram was sent by Abkhazia’s Revolutionary Committee on 26 March, 1921. It reached Moscow addressees on 28 March. On the same day, as is well-known, the Abkhazian SSR was proclaimed.

Annual Review of Anthropology

Vol. 31: 497-524 (October 2002)