Estonians in Abkhazia

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Estonian Abkhazians
Abhaasia eestlased
Estonia Abkhazia
Total population
428 (2003) 0.2% of the Abkhazian population
Regions with significant populations
Gagra District · Sukhumi
Languages
Estonian (Minority), Russian
Religion
Protestant (Lutheran), Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups
Estonians

Estonians in Abkhazia are a minority residing in

Salme and Estonka. In the villages, the Estonians also had their own schools.[citation needed
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During and after the

Georgian-Abkhazian war, many Estonians fled to Estonia; in one single operation in 1992, the Estonian authorities evacuated 170 Estonians.[2]

Estonians currently (2003 data) number 0.2% of the population of Abkhazia. The biggest share of Estonians living in the capital Sukhumi was back in 1939 - 206 Estonians resided there that made up 0.5% of the population. Most Abkhazian Estonians live in Western Abkhazia.

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