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“Frozen Conflict” in Paradise: Origins of the Struggle for Abkhazia

Cade, Justin A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243793181

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2009, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Slavic and East European Studies.
“’Frozen Conflict’ in Paradise: Origins of the Struggle for Abkhazia” examines the question of separatism in Abkhazia, a breakaway republic of Georgia. Paying particular attention to the role of Georgia and Russia in shaping the fate of Abkhazia, this Master’s thesis is concerned with identifying the origins of the now “frozen conflict” which now exists in the autonomous republic, which scholars have described as being in a state of constitutional limbo. In offering an explanation for how a series of diplomatic failures led to the outbreak of war following the fall of the Soviet Union, the thesis places particular emphasis on five critical themes in the history of Abkhazia. They are as follows: demographic shift in the republic; the legitimate, yet conflicting, interests of the Russians, Georgians, and Abkhaz in the republic and how the triangular nature of the relationship between these three parties; competing or overlapping claims to Abkhaz territory; the question of nationalism; and the importance of specific events and personalities. The thesis is divided into five distinct chapters to offer readers a basic background in Abkhaz history and to highlight key events and personalities in the region’s past. The first chapter is concerned with the ancient and pre-Russian history of Abkhazia and Georgia; the second chapter focuses on Transcaucasia under the Russian Empire and Georgia’s brief period of independence from Russia in the early twentieth century; the third chapter is a narrative of the region in the Soviet period; the fourth chapter examines the post-Soviet period and the outbreak and consequences of the 1992-93 war in Abkhazia; and, finally, the fifth chapter follows post-war Abkhaz, Georgian, and Russian relations, culminating in the August 2008 war fought between the Georgians and Russians over South Ossetia.
Nicholas Breyfogle, PhD (Advisor)
Kamoludin Abdullaev, PhD (Committee Member)
David Hoffmann, PhD (Committee Member)
81 p.
History
Abkhazia; Georgia

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  • Cade, J. A. (2009). “Frozen Conflict” in Paradise: Origins of the Struggle for Abkhazia [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243793181

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cade, Justin. “Frozen Conflict” in Paradise: Origins of the Struggle for Abkhazia. 2009. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243793181.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cade, Justin. "“Frozen Conflict” in Paradise: Origins of the Struggle for Abkhazia." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243793181

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