Abkhazia conflict (1918)
| Abkhazian conflict | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
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Transcaucasian Commissariat |
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 Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
 Valiko Jugheli  Giorgi Mazniashvili |
 Efrem Eshba Nestor Lakoba |
Yusuf Izzet Pasha | ||||||
| Units involved | ||||||||
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Georgian Regular Army | Unknown | Abkhaz Muhajir volunteers | ||||||
The Abkhazian conflict was an armed conflict in
Conflict
In February 1918,
In March 1918, Gudauta-based Bolsheviks launched another revolt and on 8 April 1918 they seized power in Sokhumi and entire Abkhazia, apart from the Kodor-Ochamchira administrative area. The local Abkhaz People's Council was declared as disbanded. On May 8, the Soviet of Workers' and Peasants' Deputies of Sukhumi adopted a resolution on joining the Russia Soviet Republic.[2] The Abkhaz People's Council requested aid from the Transcaucasian authorities, which dispatched the Georgian People's Guard to Abkhazia under the command of Valiko Jugheli and defeated the rebels on 17 May 1918. The local Abkhazian People's Council was reinstated in the region. The Bolsheviks retreated to Gagra.[1]
Valiko Jugeli and the People's Guard soon withdrew from Abkhazia to quash another Bolshevik rebellion in
A Georgian force under Major General Giorgi Mazniashvili was deployed in the region and joined by Abkhaz cavalry provided by local nobility.[4][3] On 22 June, they seized Gudauta, and on 28 June – Gagra, reaching the River Psou, after which they continued to pursue the Bolsheviks in Sochi okrug.[1]
Later Mazniashvili turned his attention to Samurzakano, still under control of local Bolsheviks, and defeated the rebels in September 1918.[1]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9781317815938.
- ^ a b "მასალები საქართველოს ისტორიისათვის: ვინ გადასცა სოჭის ოლქი რუსეთს" (in Georgian). Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78023-030-6.
- ^ "Из доклада делегации Грузии на Парижской мирной конференции о политических требованиях и границах". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-28.