Have not heard of them

Maybe you’ve got the name wrong

@Deleted User By Apsus tribes I mean folks currently living in Abkhazia

Oh okay

Yeah some Abkhazians have Cossack DNA, Cossacks even fought for Abkhazia in 90s

Yeah, Russia did a pretty good job weaponizing separatists

And the whole 90s thing is why plenty of Georgians have a distaste towards cossacks. According to some stories cossacks along with abkhazians would cut heads off Georgians and play with them like a soccer ball

Bruh

It's a painful memory. 250 000 Georgians lost their homes

10 000 changed their family names to stay in the region

Kekus

One of my relatives had home in Gagra

I think I know the origins of that story but it is different from what everyone thinks

Because Cossacks were teaming up with Chechens at the time, I think we know who got confused with who when it came to playing football with a Georgian’s head

Yeah, 90s was a clusterfuck

And a big one

Irregular troops from the north Caucasus played an important role in the conflicts that saw both Georgia's breakaway regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, secede in the early 1990s. In Abkhazia, Cossack and Chechen units fought side by side against Georgian troops, despite being historical enemies.

Why did you guys unite really?

Caucuses are usually a cluster fuck of historical land, because historically Abkhazia belonged to Russian Empire but later it belonged to Georgia

Well

bruh moment = rascrappin?

I thought Abkhazia was 100% under Georgian rule

Idk actually

before the Russians

@Daniil hahaha nah Rasputin is still banned

Nigger are you the same person or not

Well, nah. Abkhazia coming from the first Proto-Georgian kingdom Kolcheti, it was always inhabited by Abkhazians aka native Georgians. The Apsus nomad tribes only settled here in the 17th century. And the only time abkahzia was Russia was when entirity of Western Georgia got annexed by Russia Empire

“In the beginning of the 19th century, while the Russians and Ottomans were vying for control of the region, the rulers of Abkhazia shifted back and forth across the religious divide.[citation needed] The first attempt to enter into relations with Russia was made by Keilash Bey in 1803, shortly after the incorporation of eastern Georgia into the expanding Tsarist empire (1801). However, the pro-Ottoman orientation prevailed for a short time after his assassination by his son Aslan-Bey on 2 May 1808.[36] On 2 July 1810, the Russian Marines stormed Sukhum-Kale and had Aslan-Bey replaced with his rival brother, Sefer-Bey (1810–1821), who had converted to Christianity and assumed the name of George. Abkhazia joined the Russian Empire as an autonomous principality, in 1810.[4] However, George's rule, as well as that of his successors, was limited to the neighbourhood of Sukhum-Kale and the Bzyb area.[citation needed] The next Russo-Turkish war strongly enhanced the Russian positions, leading to a further split in the Abkhaz elite, mainly along religious divisions. During the Crimean War (1853–1856), Russian forces had to evacuate Abkhazia and Prince Michael (1822–1864) seemingly switched to the Ottomans.[citation needed]”

Even in the 90s Apsus were only 30% of the whole population

@Daniil no we are not

ok

“Later on, the Russian presence strengthened and the highlanders of Western Caucasia were finally subjugated by Russia in 1864.[citation needed] The autonomy of Abkhazia, which had functioned as a pro-Russian "buffer zone" in this troublesome region, was no longer needed by the Tsarist government and the rule of the Shervashidze came to an end; in November 1864, Prince Michael was forced to renounce his rights and resettle in Voronezh.[citation needed] Later that same year, Abkhazia was incorporated into the Russian Empire as a special military province[4] of Sukhum-Kale which was transformed, in 1883, into an okrug as part of the Kutais Guberniya. Large numbers of Muslim Abkhazians, said to have constituted as much as 40% of the Abkhazian population, emigrated to the Ottoman Empire between 1864 and 1878 with other Muslim population of Caucasus, a process known as Muhajirism.”

@Deleted UserAbkhazia wasn't really independent at that time period. It was like a self governing province under Georgian rule

Yeah I know

Hello there

Greetings

Sort of like Transnistria

And ironically Cossacks also fought for Transnistria

you guys really like fighting here and there

Yep

Well, Ingushia currently needs some help. You guys can back them up