Monument in Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a de-fecto partially recognized republic on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, south of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in northwestern Georgia. It covers 8660 square km’s (3, 340 sq. mi) and has a population of around 240,000. Its capital is Sukhumi. The separatist Abkhazian polity, formally the Republic of Abkhazia, is recognized as a state by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Narau and Syria. While Georgia lacks control over the Abkhazia, the Georgian government and most United Nations members states legally consider Abkhazia part of Georgia, whose constitution designated the area as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.