of ancient teachings Politics Sergei Bagapsh (1949–2011), President of Abkhazia Rauf Orbay (1881–1964), Turkish politician Hayreddin Pasha (1820–1890), Ottoman politician Nestor Lakoba (1893–1936), Abkhaz communist leader See also Afro-Abkhazians Women in Abkhazia History of Abkhazia References Sources David Marshall Lang, Caucasian Studies, University of London, 1964, Vol.1 Roger Rosen, Georgia: Sovereign Country of the Caucasus, Odyssey, 2004, L. Bitadze, "Anthropological History of Abkhazians", Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology, 2009 Abkhaz people Indigenous peoples of Europe Peoples of the Caucasus