Pskhu
Pskhu
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| Coordinates: 43°22′N 40°49′E / 43.367°N 40.817°ECoordinates: 43°22′N 40°49′E / 43.367°N 40.817°E | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Partially recognized state | Abkhazia[1] |
| District | Sukhumi |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
Pskhu (Georgian: ფსხუ, Pskhu; Abkhazian: Ҧсҳәы, Ps'hwy; Russian: Псху, Pskhu) is a village in the Sukhumi district of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast. Its population was about 150 (as of 2005) with ethnic Russians constituting a majority. The village is situated in the eponymous valley between the Greater Caucasus and Bzyb ranges. The river Bzyb and several of its tributaries flow near the village. The valley was inhabited by the Abazins tribe which was one of the last peoples of the Caucasus to be conquered by Russia. After their subjection in 1864 almost all of them escaped to Turkey; many perished at the Black sea coast from hunger and malaria, during the transportation to Ottoman Empire.[2] Pskhu was the only settlement in the Transcaucasia to be occupied by Wehrmacht during the Battle of the Caucasus of World War II in the autumn of 1942.[3]
The small hydro-electric power station supplies the energy to the village. Pskhu also has an airport with grass-covered surface. There are no regular flights although it is still used occasionally by tourists and by the local inhabitants.
Several dolmens and the ruins of the medieval fortress remained near Pskhu. The nearby Inal-kuba (Pskhu-Nykha) mountain (1290 m) is one of the seven shrines of the Abkhaz people.[4]
Demographics[]
At the time of the 2011 Census, Pskhu had a population of 189. Of these, 91.0% were Russians and 9.0% Abkhazians.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Abkhazia is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia. The Republic of Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence on 23 July 1992, but Georgia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory and designates it as a territory occupied by Russia. Abkhazia has received formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which has subsequently withdrawn its recognition.
- ^ Бэла Джемакулова, КАВКАЗСКАЯ ВОЙНА И ЕЕ ПОСЛЕДСТВИЯ Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Grechko, Andrei (2001). Battle for the Caucasus. University Press of the Pacific. pp. 143–144. ISBN 978-0-89875-396-7. (whole book in Russian)
- ^ (in Russian) Верещагин Сергей. Абхазия. (Sergey Vereshchagin. Abkhazia) 2004 - 2005.
- ^ 2011 Census results[permanent dead link]
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