Aidgylara
The National Forum Aidgylara (
On 18 March 1989, Aidgylara organised the mass gathering at the historical meeting place of Lykhny that demanded from the Soviet leadership the reversal of Abkhazia's 1931 Stalin-era incorporation into Georgia and restoration of full Republic status.[1]
In 1989, Aidgylara also started publishing two newspapers, the eponymous Aidgylara and Edineniye, as well as the regional publication Bzyb in Gudauta District.[1]
On Aidgylara's initiative, the founding congress of the Assembly of the Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus was held in Sukhumi on 25 and 26 August 1989.[1]
Aidgylara's second congress was held on 3 February 1990, it elected Sergei Shamba to succeed Gogua as Chairman, as well as a board of 51 members.[1]
On 31 May 1990, Aidgylara and the Assembly of Mountain Peoples organised a mass rally in Sukhumi, attended by 30000 people, including members of the Abkhazian and Circassians diasporas from Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Germany and the United States. On 22 September 1990, representatives of Aidgylara participated in a congress in Moscow of territories and peoples without full statehood. It also took part in the founding of
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At the outbreak of the 1992–1993 war with Georgia, Aidgylara's acting Chairman was Rauf Ebzhnou.[2]
Aidgylara was dissolved by its leadership in 1995.[3]
On 15 August 2000, Zurab Achba, who had been Aidgylara's Deputy Chairman between 1990 and 1992, was shot dead in front of his house.[4]
Aidgylara was reconstituted during a fourth congress held on 19 September 2003. In it, Valeri Kvarchia was elected Aidgylara's new Chairman, and Ivan Tarba and Oktai Chkotua Deputy Chairmen.[3][5] On 17 December 2008, a congress was held in Sukhumi to celebrate Aidgylara's 20th anniversary, which was attended by Russia's Ambassador to Abkhazia Semyon Grigoryev.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Shamba, Sergei (17 December 2008). "Сергей Шамба о 20-летии движения "Аидгылара" и национально-освободительной борьбе народа Абхазии". REGNUM News Agency. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Khojaa, Ruslan. "Путь бессмертия". Proza.ru. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ a b Kuchuberia, Anzhela (20 September 2003). "После восьмилетнего перерыва возобновил свою деятельность народный форум Абхазии "Айдгылара"". Caucasian Knot. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Daily News August 16, 2000". Sarke. 16 August 2000. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Валерий Кварчия: "Недоверие привело нас к тому, что любой человек, приходящий к власти, становится врагом народа"". Nuzhnaya Gazeta, Caucasian Knot. 26 September 2003. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Kuchuberia, Anzhela (15 December 2008). "В Сухуми прибывает посол России в Абхазии Семен Григорьев". Caucasian Knot. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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