The Abkhaz State Archive (Abkhaz: Аҧсны Аҳәынҭқарра аҳәынҭқарратә архивтә усбарҭа, romanized: Apsny Ahwynthqarra ahwynthqarratº arhivtº usbartha; Russian: Государственное архивное управление Республики Абхазия, romanized: Gosudarstvennoye arkhivnoye upravleniye Respubliki Abkhaziya) is the main archive of Abkhazia, a disputed territory in the South Caucasus and breakaway republic of Georgia. It is located in Sukhum, the capital of Abkhazia.
HistoryEdit
The precursor of the Abkhaz State Archive was established in March 1929, when the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia adopted a resolution about the "Organization of archival Affairs".[citation needed] In October 1992, during the War in Abkhazia, fire destroyed the archive building; on both sides of the conflict many believe that the archive was burned down intentionally by the Georgian forces.[1][2][3][4][5] About 95% of the archived documents was destroyed.[2] On the Georgian side, many people refute the idea that the archive was deliberately burned down.[1] The same day as the Abkhaz State Archive burned down, the Abkhazian Scientific-Research Institute of Language, Literature and History (ABNII, founded in 1922 as the Abkhazian Scientific Society, Абхазское научное общество, АбНО/ABNO) burned down, too.[6]
In the course of the Geneva International Discussions, the Georgian central government provided the de facto authorities of Abkhazia with important archival documents in 2015.[7] Additionally, one year later a meeting of the head of the Abkhaz State Archive with the director of the National Archives of Georgia was planned.[8]
Homepage of the Abkhaz State Archive 2022-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
National Bibliography of Abkhazia – Archives, library.illinois.edu (without date).
A history erased – Abkhazia's archive: Fire of War, Ashes of History, abkhazworld.com (without date). Photos and a video from the old archive.
ReferencesEdit
^ abPatrik Salat: How Abkhazia is trying to restore its historic archive which burned down 27 years ago during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, jam-news.net 28 January 2020.
^ ab"Abkhazia's archive: fire of war, ashes of history". OpenDemocracy. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^. Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20.
^Abkhazia's archive: fire of war, ashes of history. YouTube.
^Neal Ascherson: Ein Staat für sich allein, monde-diplomatique.de 16 January 2009.
^Rachel Clogg: Documents from the KGB archive in Sukhum. Abkhazia in the Stalin years, in: Central Asian Survey, Vol. 14 (1995), No. 1, pp. 155–189 (here: p. 158). Available here. Free version here.
^. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
^The restoration of the incident prevention mechanism will be discussed at the forthcoming round of the Geneva Discussions, apsnypress.info 4. March 2016.
^History on fire: how to restore the state-archive of Abkhazia, abkhazworld.com 23 October 2019.
^David X. Noack: Kriege und Geschichtspolitik – Das Abchasische Staatsarchiv, portal-militaergeschichte.de 22 June 2020.
October 20, 2023
abkhaz, state, archive, abkhaz, Аҧсны, Аҳәынҭқарра, аҳәынҭқарратә, архивтә, усбарҭа, romanized, apsny, ahwynthqarra, ahwynthqarratº, arhivtº, usbartha, russian, Государственное, архивное, управление, Республики, Абхазия, romanized, gosudarstvennoye, arkhivnoye. The Abkhaz State Archive Abkhaz Aҧsny Aҳәynҭkarra aҳәynҭkarratә arhivtә usbarҭa romanized Apsny Ahwynthqarra ahwynthqarratº arhivtº usbartha Russian Gosudarstvennoe arhivnoe upravlenie Respubliki Abhaziya romanized Gosudarstvennoye arkhivnoye upravleniye Respubliki Abkhaziya is the main archive of Abkhazia a disputed territory in the South Caucasus and breakaway republic of Georgia It is located in Sukhum the capital of Abkhazia History EditThe precursor of the Abkhaz State Archive was established in March 1929 when the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of People s Commissars of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia adopted a resolution about the Organization of archival Affairs citation needed In October 1992 during the War in Abkhazia fire destroyed the archive building on both sides of the conflict many believe that the archive was burned down intentionally by the Georgian forces 1 2 3 4 5 About 95 of the archived documents was destroyed 2 On the Georgian side many people refute the idea that the archive was deliberately burned down 1 The same day as the Abkhaz State Archive burned down the Abkhazian Scientific Research Institute of Language Literature and History ABNII founded in 1922 as the Abkhazian Scientific Society Abhazskoe nauchnoe obshestvo AbNO ABNO burned down too 6 In the course of the Geneva International Discussions the Georgian central government provided the de facto authorities of Abkhazia with important archival documents in 2015 7 Additionally one year later a meeting of the head of the Abkhaz State Archive with the director of the National Archives of Georgia was planned 8 In recent years material has been preserved with the help of Czech historians from the Czech National Archives 9 10 Weblinks EditHomepage of the Abkhaz State Archive Archived 2022 03 31 at the Wayback Machine National Bibliography of Abkhazia Archives library illinois edu without date A history erased Abkhazia s archive Fire of War Ashes of History abkhazworld com without date Photos and a video from the old archive References Edit a b Patrik Salat How Abkhazia is trying to restore its historic archive which burned down 27 years ago during the Georgian Abkhaz conflict jam news net 28 January 2020 a b Abkhazia s archive fire of war ashes of history OpenDemocracy Retrieved 6 July 2021 Abkhazia Cultural Tragedy Revisited Institute for War and Peace Reporting Archived from the original on 2006 10 20 Abkhazia s archive fire of war ashes of history YouTube Neal Ascherson Ein Staat fur sich allein monde diplomatique de 16 January 2009 Rachel Clogg Documents from the KGB archive in Sukhum Abkhazia in the Stalin years in Central Asian Survey Vol 14 1995 No 1 pp 155 189 here p 158 Available here Free version here De facto Abkhazian Government Receives Important Archival Documents georgiatoday ge 8 October 2015 Archived from the original on 1 July 2020 Retrieved 10 October 2019 The restoration of the incident prevention mechanism will be discussed at the forthcoming round of the Geneva Discussions apsnypress info 4 March 2016 History on fire how to restore the state archive of Abkhazia abkhazworld com 23 October 2019 David X Noack Kriege und Geschichtspolitik Das Abchasische Staatsarchiv portal militaergeschichte de 22 June 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abkhaz State Archive amp oldid 1169297319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
