Samurzakano
Samurzakano
სამურზაყანო | |
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![]() Samurzakano Militia standard, 1841 | |
![]() ![]() Samurzakano Map highlighting the historical region of Samurzakano | |
Coordinates: 42°41′N 41°39′E / 42.683°N 41.650°ECoordinates: 42°41′N 41°39′E / 42.683°N 41.650°E An approximate geographical area. | |
Country | ![]() |
Mkhare | Abkhazia |
Capital | Tbilisi |
Samurzakano (Georgian: სამურზაყანო, Samurzak'ano, Samurzaqano) is a historical region in southeastern Abkhazia,[1] in western Georgia.[2] [3]
History[]
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Samurzakano was established as a fief of one of the branches of the Chachba family in the early 18th century. It included the territory of the contemporary Gal district and part of Ochamchira district.
The Georgian Soviet Encyclopaedia wrote "in 1705 three brothers of the Abkhazian ruling family, surnamed Chachba (in Georgian Shervashidze) divided up their territory, one taking the north (from Gagra to the R. Kodor), the second the central Abzhywa region (from the Kodor to the R. Ghalidzga), and the third, Murzaqan, the southern part (from the Ghalidzga to the R. Ingur), and so this province, which was roughly equivalent to the modern Gal District, became known as Samurzaqano."[2][4]
Gallery[]
Barns in Saberio, 1884
Bazaar in Okumi, 1884
Okumi, 1884
Samurzakanians, 1913
School in Okumi, 1884
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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formal recognition as an independent state from 7 out of 193 United Nations member states, 1 of which has subsequently withdrawn its recognition.
- ^ a b Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, v. 9, p. 37, Tb., 1985.
- ^ კახა კვაშილავა, ისტორიული სამურზაყანო (XVII-XVIII სს. მიჯნა – 1840 წ.). საკვალიფიკაციო ნაშრომი ისტორიის დოქტორის /Ph.D/ აკადემიური ხარისხის მოსაპოვებლად, თბილისი, 2009
- ^ Kakha N. Kvashilava. From the Historical Past of Samurzakano (The Turn of XVII-XVIII Centuries – 1840). Tbilisi, 2011 (in Georgian; Summaries in English and Russian)
- Historical regions of Georgia (country)
- History of Abkhazia
- Regions of Abkhazia
- Kartvelian studies