Thanks for the video; I recently got interested in learning about Abkhazia but it seems like everything about it is all about the political situation and not about what it's like inside. This is the only English video I could find. It looks like such a beautiful place
Thanks for watching! It was an incredible experience. Politics aside - the people were very proud of their independence, and were super helpful and friendly. Very few foreigners from the West visit. Had such a great experience, can't wait to visit again, but for longer than 24 hours. This is what my day looked like.
U wanted to know if other trains go into caves. In norway u can get guided tours in a former silver mine and u drive in there sitting in the train that the workers used. Tried it as a child. Wooden benches. Just google kongsberg silver mines wikipedia u can find articles and picture google also and u will see the train. Yeah i wish denmark would recognize abkhazia and i would toast and drink for world peace but not in alcohol as i dont like that.
People who are clueless about the history , provokes to make Abkhazia country in someone's eyes. Abkhazia is part of Georgia, it was and will be. For thousands of years Abkhazia was our territory, even today people have same last names ( which in these territories means that they are coming from same root) , so how one can be Abkhazian and another one Georgian if they have same last names ? But Russians Emprie and then Soviet Union did a lot of thing to change history, to feed their brains with lies and misinformation. They needed Abkhazia to gain more access on Black Sea and they did it. Today Abkhazia is full of Armenians, Turks, North Caucasian tribes, Apsuas and real Abkhazians. How can they claim that these lands are their ? You mentioned that they have there own language, yeah they do, as well as us Svan and Megrels, but that doesn't mean that we are not part of Georgia. We and Akbhazia had same kings and queens. And please, stop spreading misinformation. In 1993, more than 300.000 "Georgians" had to leave Abkhazia and became refugees and at that time only 80.000 so called "Abkhazians (Turks, Armenians, Apsuas and etc)" left there to continue living. How can you believe in such bullsh*t.
Bulunduğunuz yerin kadim halkı olan Abhazlar,M.Ö 1. yüzyıldan beri bugünkü Abhazya topraklarında yaşamaktadırlar.Bunu da Gürcü tarihçi Guguşvili yazmıştır.Tarihi belgelere göre 1404 yılında Kafkasya’yı boydan boya dolaşmış din adamı Johannes de Galonifontibüs’ün günlüklerini nde yazar.Lajos Tardy’nin çevirilerini yayınladığı “1404 Yılında Kafkas Halkları ve Komşuları” adlı çalışmasında Johannes de Galonifontibüs şöyle yazıyor: “…bunların (Çerkesler) (Circassia)ötesinde tepelik ülke Abhazya vardır.(Abkhazia)Kendi dillerini konuşurlar… Onların daha doğusunda, Gürcistan yönünde Megrelya denen ülke uzanır(Laz people Lazica or Mingreila))Kendi dilleri vardır… Gürcistan bu ülkenin daha doğusundadır. Kendi dilleri vardır.” ('The Caucasian peoples and their neighbours in 1404', - Lajos Tardy - Acta Orientalia Academicae Scientiarum Hungarica
nice video but i think it's not very easy to visit that country even though it's beautiful what i can do in order to visit that country i am from Eastern Africa thank you so for this beautiful video...
good video, im a georgian and have been to abkhazia. unfortunatly you only showed the good parts and not the bad parts of abkhazia, it is filled with chechens and the only good looking resturants/places are only owned by russian buissness men since their goverment bassicly doesnt have anything!
@@denkedeligekanal9059population of Abkhazia was mostly pure Georgians and it was Georgian territory since before Christ and if your logic would be correct each state of USA, each different part of Russia, India and other countries need to be independent and world needs 1000+ countries
My origins come from Abkhazia but I've never had a chance to visit my homeland. That is such a great video to have some feedbacks and look at places to visit.Thank you so much for filming and sharing. My heart always be with Abkhazia and Folks
Abkhazians are georgians, the "Abkhazians" who are living now in abkhazia re circassians and they came in 19-18 century cause the circassian genocide in russia, and established in georgia, northern abkhazia, but in 1991 they betrayed georgia and claimed the nodways land as theirs, they stole it from georgia, and they also killed around 3,000-30,000 georgians who were from there and displaced 200,000 of their homes, and they do not let georgians visit the funerals that are stuck in abkhazia. What "Abkhazians" did to georgians is inhumane
@@holaandriahaha we apsuas lived in Georgia since for ever. We have always been in this territory. You creating a false narrative is crazy. You could have helped us and the Circassians when the Russians came but you did not. And only 3 thousand Georgians died in Abkhazian during the war
@@holaandriahave you forgotten how many apsuas left that area? There where more apsuas in Abkhazia then Georgians that changed after the genocide and then it changed after the Abkhazia war. Be realistic check history books.
@@holaandria Abkhazians and Georgians have different origins.Their languages belong to different language families, have different customs, traditions and national characters. In the Russian-Caucasian wars, Georgians actively sided with the Russians and fought against the peoples of the North Caucasus(Georgians even participated in the victory parade in Kbaada (Gubaa-dü) on May 21, 1864, together with the Tsarist Russia). The Kingdom of Abkhazia, which ruled in the 8th and 10th centuries, was a kingdom followed an active conquest policy, expanding its borders.Between the 14th and 17th centuries, some Abkhazians moved to the mountains of the Kuban (now Krasnodar) region - the northern slopes of the Caucasus mountain range. "They still live in this region under the name Abazin. Your thesis is based on the nationalist Georgian interpretation of history from 1950 onwards, put forward by Georgian literary figure and 'historian' Pavle Ingoroqva in the 1950s.It was boldly condemned by Georgian linguist and Abkhazologist Ketevan Lomtatidze. Giorgi Anchabadze, a professor of History at the Ilia State University in Georgia in his interview with the Georgian Human Rights website says: “Many famous Georgian scientists consider the Abkhazians to be ancient inhabitants of the eastern Black Sea coast.Ivane Javakhishvili, Simon Janashia, Arnold Chikobava and others even assume that Abkhaz-Circassian tribes lived on the territory of Western Georgia long before Georgian tribes arrived there; this means that they [Abkhazians] have older inhabitants on our land than we do. The Kingdom of Abkhazia emerged in the 8th century and for two centuries became one of the most powerful states in the Black Sea region.
Extremely interesting to see. Thanks a lot.do u speak russian? I guess u more or less have to to communicate unless u speak abkhazian. I totally agree with u i wish also these beautiful buildings will be restored. I managed to find searching with russian translated words plans to restore the parliament building ruin even more beautiful as it was originally. I hope it will happen. I have abkhazian apsar coins and bank note for collection.
yes, it's much easier if you speak Russian. I heard the airport just re-opened after 30 years. All historical buildings should be restored, exciting to hear something will happen, it takes time and money I guess :-)
look how beautiful country is Georgia 🇬🇪 this is why they trying to seperate A.R of Abkhazia which give russians control of more black sea cost and weaks Georgia but fortunitely only 5 countries,russia and its allies recognize it, in normal world. Abkhazia is Georgia, they kicked out 300 000 citizens, the real Abkhazians now living in Tbilisi , Zugdidi and other cities, 80% residents of Abkhazia now, has northern caucasus DNA , that means mix they are not Abkhazians, they are not Georgians. they stole Georgian culture,food,dance, land and they trying to claim independence now. easy test! tell me where Abkhazian language came from and show me any old church written by that language
Hey Peter, how was the visa procedure with Russia and Abkhazia? Did you need to visa‘s for Russia and one for Abkhazia? Or how did it worked out? I wanna visit Abkhazia this or next year for about 1 week
I think it's easiest to cross border from Sochi. I think you need a multiple entry visa for Russia (different from double entry visa) but you'd need to confirm with embassy when applying. You'd also need a visa for Abkhazia. You have to apply in advance for them to issue entry visa (7 business days). Best to contact both embassies for current advice, well in advance ))
Abkhazia is to Russia 🇷🇺 what Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and Hawaii is to USA 🇺🇸, they have their own government but under Russia 🇷🇺 federation just like Chechen. So it’s Russia 🇷🇺 territory since 2014.
No USA got both of those by peaceful treaties and both sides agreed while in this situation Russia just heard from minority of population of Abkhazia that they want independence and with war and blood shed took it to themselves calling it ”independence”
no, was only there just under 24 hours, but there is the famous soviet hotel resort in Pitsunda. make sure you get the visa to Abkhazia in advance, info on their website.
correct, but you need to have correct visa to re-enter Russia. and if staying in a hotel, then I'm assuming you are longer there than 24 hours, then you'd need an Abkhazian visa too
Joined an organized tour from Sochi, had to have the right visa to get back into Russia as well. Definitely has complications, but the tour option might be the easiest way.
Then is not Georgia 🇬🇪 if someone can visit there and they don’t have authority over there. Abkhazia is to Russia 🇷🇺 what Hawaii and Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 is to USA 🇺🇸, have their own government but under USA, that’s how Abkhazia is to Russia 🇷🇺 and Chechnya.
Thanks for the video; I recently got interested in learning about Abkhazia but it seems like everything about it is all about the political situation and not about what it's like inside. This is the only English video I could find. It looks like such a beautiful place
Thanks for watching! It was an incredible experience. Politics aside - the people were very proud of their independence, and were super helpful and friendly. Very few foreigners from the West visit. Had such a great experience, can't wait to visit again, but for longer than 24 hours. This is what my day looked like.
Я живу в Абхазии, и если вы хотите, я могу ответить на интересующие вас вопросы
@@user-iv1nh2rx7y What is the economic situation? I feel like these travel videos only show a nice part of the country for tourists.
U wanted to know if other trains go into caves. In norway u can get guided tours in a former silver mine and u drive in there sitting in the train that the workers used. Tried it as a child. Wooden benches. Just google kongsberg silver mines wikipedia u can find articles and picture google also and u will see the train. Yeah i wish denmark would recognize abkhazia and i would toast and drink for world peace but not in alcohol as i dont like that.
Thanks - one day I might get to Norway! Peace the the world. мир миру 🕊️
People who are clueless about the history , provokes to make Abkhazia country in someone's eyes. Abkhazia is part of Georgia, it was and will be. For thousands of years Abkhazia was our territory, even today people have same last names ( which in these territories means that they are coming from same root) , so how one can be Abkhazian and another one Georgian if they have same last names ? But Russians Emprie and then Soviet Union did a lot of thing to change history, to feed their brains with lies and misinformation. They needed Abkhazia to gain more access on Black Sea and they did it. Today Abkhazia is full of Armenians, Turks, North Caucasian tribes, Apsuas and real Abkhazians. How can they claim that these lands are their ? You mentioned that they have there own language, yeah they do, as well as us Svan and Megrels, but that doesn't mean that we are not part of Georgia. We and Akbhazia had same kings and queens. And please, stop spreading misinformation. In 1993, more than 300.000 "Georgians" had to leave Abkhazia and became refugees and at that time only 80.000 so called "Abkhazians (Turks, Armenians, Apsuas and etc)" left there to continue living. How can you believe in such bullsh*t.
Im so happy we arent forgotten. Thanks for this video
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That was so cool, thanks!!!
Wonderful and informative. Thank you!
Where is abkhazia? Georgia or Russia?
Georgia!
It Is independent country
@@filipsykora9506 Independent for only 5 countries, and georgia for more than 180 countries
Neither one nor the other, it is independent country
Was under Georgia 🇬🇪 but now independent under Russia 🇷🇺 for more than a decade now (since 2014).
Bulunduğunuz yerin kadim halkı olan Abhazlar,M.Ö 1. yüzyıldan beri bugünkü Abhazya topraklarında yaşamaktadırlar.Bunu da Gürcü tarihçi Guguşvili yazmıştır.Tarihi belgelere göre 1404 yılında Kafkasya’yı boydan boya dolaşmış din adamı Johannes de Galonifontibüs’ün günlüklerini nde yazar.Lajos Tardy’nin çevirilerini yayınladığı “1404 Yılında Kafkas Halkları ve Komşuları” adlı çalışmasında Johannes de Galonifontibüs şöyle yazıyor:
“…bunların (Çerkesler) (Circassia)ötesinde tepelik ülke Abhazya vardır.(Abkhazia)Kendi dillerini konuşurlar… Onların daha doğusunda, Gürcistan yönünde Megrelya denen ülke uzanır(Laz people Lazica or Mingreila))Kendi dilleri vardır… Gürcistan bu ülkenin daha doğusundadır. Kendi dilleri vardır.” ('The Caucasian peoples and their neighbours in 1404', - Lajos Tardy - Acta Orientalia Academicae Scientiarum Hungarica
Abkhazia is Georgia
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Artsakh is Armenia
@@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748 Artsakh is gone
Azerbaijan belong to Iran 🇮🇷
Fantastic video! Would love to visit one day.
nice video but i think it's not very easy to visit that country even though it's beautiful what i can do in order to visit that country i am from Eastern Africa thank you so for this beautiful video...
hmm not sure - you need to research information from the embassy :-)
Very good and interesting video) Thx u
good video, im a georgian and have been to abkhazia. unfortunatly you only showed the good parts and not the bad parts of abkhazia, it is filled with chechens and the only good looking resturants/places are only owned by russian buissness men since their goverment bassicly doesnt have anything!
One of the best regions of Georgia! Love from BG
It’s not country, It’s an occupied territory of Georgia
Georgia used to occupy it. Abkhazians are a ppl of their own with own language they deserve their independence
They don't man this is Georgia's🇬🇪 territory they can live there @@denkedeligekanal9059
@@denkedeligekanal9059population of Abkhazia was mostly pure Georgians and it was Georgian territory since before Christ and if your logic would be correct each state of USA, each different part of Russia, India and other countries need to be independent and world needs 1000+ countries
Highly appreciated and good presentation keep it up. RKDUA new Delhi India
My origins come from Abkhazia but I've never had a chance to visit my homeland. That is such a great video to have some feedbacks and look at places to visit.Thank you so much for filming and sharing. My heart always be with Abkhazia and Folks
Glad you enjoyed it! Abkhazia was a highlight of my trip, truly incredible place to visit.
Abkhazians are georgians, the "Abkhazians" who are living now in abkhazia re circassians and they came in 19-18 century cause the circassian genocide in russia, and established in georgia, northern abkhazia, but in 1991 they betrayed georgia and claimed the nodways land as theirs, they stole it from georgia, and they also killed around 3,000-30,000 georgians who were from there and displaced 200,000 of their homes, and they do not let georgians visit the funerals that are stuck in abkhazia. What "Abkhazians" did to georgians is inhumane
@@holaandriahaha we apsuas lived in Georgia since for ever. We have always been in this territory. You creating a false narrative is crazy. You could have helped us and the Circassians when the Russians came but you did not. And only 3 thousand Georgians died in Abkhazian during the war
@@holaandriahave you forgotten how many apsuas left that area? There where more apsuas in Abkhazia then Georgians that changed after the genocide and then it changed after the Abkhazia war. Be realistic check history books.
@@holaandria Abkhazians and Georgians have different origins.Their languages belong to different language families, have different customs, traditions and national characters. In the Russian-Caucasian wars, Georgians actively sided with the Russians and fought against the peoples of the North Caucasus(Georgians even participated in the victory parade in Kbaada (Gubaa-dü) on May 21, 1864, together with the Tsarist Russia). The Kingdom of Abkhazia, which ruled in the 8th and 10th centuries, was a kingdom followed an active conquest policy, expanding its borders.Between the 14th and 17th centuries, some Abkhazians moved to the mountains of the Kuban (now Krasnodar) region - the northern slopes of the Caucasus mountain range. "They still live in this region under the name Abazin. Your thesis is based on the nationalist Georgian interpretation of history from 1950 onwards, put forward by Georgian literary figure and 'historian' Pavle Ingoroqva in the 1950s.It was boldly condemned by Georgian linguist and Abkhazologist Ketevan Lomtatidze. Giorgi Anchabadze, a professor of History at the Ilia State University in Georgia in his interview with the Georgian Human Rights website says: “Many famous Georgian scientists consider the Abkhazians to be ancient inhabitants of the eastern Black Sea coast.Ivane Javakhishvili, Simon Janashia, Arnold Chikobava and others even assume that Abkhaz-Circassian tribes lived on the territory of Western Georgia long before Georgian tribes arrived there; this means that they [Abkhazians] have older inhabitants on our land than we do.
The Kingdom of Abkhazia emerged in the 8th century and for two centuries became one of the most powerful states in the Black Sea region.
Weather seems amazing!! Is it like that all year round
Abkhazia is not a country but a region, currently occupied by the Russian Federation.
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Extremely interesting to see. Thanks a lot.do u speak russian? I guess u more or less have to to communicate unless u speak abkhazian. I totally agree with u i wish also these beautiful buildings will be restored. I managed to find searching with russian translated words plans to restore the parliament building ruin even more beautiful as it was originally. I hope it will happen. I have abkhazian apsar coins and bank note for collection.
yes, it's much easier if you speak Russian. I heard the airport just re-opened after 30 years. All historical buildings should be restored, exciting to hear something will happen, it takes time and money I guess :-)
look how beautiful country is Georgia 🇬🇪 this is why they trying to seperate A.R of Abkhazia which give russians control of more black sea cost and weaks Georgia but fortunitely only 5 countries,russia and its allies recognize it, in normal world. Abkhazia is Georgia, they kicked out 300 000 citizens, the real Abkhazians now living in Tbilisi , Zugdidi and other cities, 80% residents of Abkhazia now, has northern caucasus DNA , that means mix they are not Abkhazians, they are not Georgians. they stole Georgian culture,food,dance, land and they trying to claim independence now. easy test! tell me where Abkhazian language came from and show me any old church written by that language
I wish soon time i will visit
Hey Peter, how was the visa procedure with Russia and Abkhazia? Did you need to visa‘s for Russia and one for Abkhazia? Or how did it worked out? I wanna visit Abkhazia this or next year for about 1 week
I think it's easiest to cross border from Sochi. I think you need a multiple entry visa for Russia (different from double entry visa) but you'd need to confirm with embassy when applying. You'd also need a visa for Abkhazia. You have to apply in advance for them to issue entry visa (7 business days). Best to contact both embassies for current advice, well in advance ))
@@petersfoodadventures ah ok, thank you. I wasn‘t aware of the different visa types. But I will ask the embassy‘s /mofa
Man’s walked into a Skyrim tavern scene complete with bards singing
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Is it worth moving to live there? Is it officially part of Russia?
No, it nos worth living there, it is partially recognized and has a high chance of going war within georgia, and abkhazia's economy is not the best
No, it is not part of russia. If it is interesting the goverment of Abkhazia prohibit russians to buy real estate
Nice video. would you tell me your guided tour's name?
Thanks, I think it was called the Golden Ring of Abkhazia Tour
Abkhazia is to Russia 🇷🇺 what Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and Hawaii is to USA 🇺🇸, they have their own government but under Russia 🇷🇺 federation just like Chechen.
So it’s Russia 🇷🇺 territory since 2014.
No USA got both of those by peaceful treaties and both sides agreed while in this situation Russia just heard from minority of population of Abkhazia that they want independence and with war and blood shed took it to themselves calling it ”independence”
Soon russia will not have such taken by force territories.
What tour company did you use? Did you book in advance of arriving in Sochi, or did you find the tour company after arriving in Sochi?
I booked the tour company from the hotel when I arrived in Sochi. Make sure the visa's are correct for entry back, ask the embassy.
@@petersfoodadventuresCan you recommend a hotel?
no, was only there just under 24 hours, but there is the famous soviet hotel resort in Pitsunda. make sure you get the visa to Abkhazia in advance, info on their website.
@@petersfoodadventuresI thought if you stayed less than 24 hours that no visa is necessary?
correct, but you need to have correct visa to re-enter Russia. and if staying in a hotel, then I'm assuming you are longer there than 24 hours, then you'd need an Abkhazian visa too
Abkhazia is Georgia
Beautiful country
region*
Welcome to Georgia
Beautiful Georgia 🇬🇪❤️
abkhazia has to be my favorite part of georgia
An ancient historical part of Georgia 🇬🇪
All those ancient churches in Abkhazia were built by Georgians.
yes after you killed them all you Georgians are like the ottomans of the causcus
Its not simple go to abkazia....how did you get there?
Joined an organized tour from Sochi, had to have the right visa to get back into Russia as well. Definitely has complications, but the tour option might be the easiest way.
Thank for visit Georgia.
Try to visit Georgia next, i hope you will get arrested for visiting part of Georgia without permission of Georgia.
Then is not Georgia 🇬🇪 if someone can visit there and they don’t have authority over there.
Abkhazia is to Russia 🇷🇺 what Hawaii and Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 is to USA 🇺🇸, have their own government but under USA, that’s how Abkhazia is to Russia 🇷🇺 and Chechnya.