Roland Zantaria, a resident of the village of Khwap, Gudauta District, became interested in making staffs and Abkhazian knives; neither does he abandon the seasonal distillation of chacha according to the traditional recipe.

In February 1993 the Georgian-Abkhazian war was one of the topics for discussion at the Carter Center in Atlanta (Georgia, USA) at which an Abkhazian delegation was invited to participate.

Probably many of you have seen these pictures taken on September 27, 1993, when Sukhum, the capital of Abkhazia was liberated from the Georgian invaders. Two fighters are carrying the Abkhaz flag to the top of the parliament building but many of us don't know about these two fighters.

On 27 September 1993, Abkhazian troops reached the centre of Sukhum; by 15:30 the flag of the Republic of Abkhazia fluttered over the building of the Council of Ministers — the capital of Abkhazia was liberated.

The operation of the Abkhazian army to liberate the city of Sukhum began on 16 September 1993; already on the 27th the capital of Abkhazia was liberated from the Georgian invaders.