The region had autonomy within Soviet Georgia at the time when the Soviet Union began to disintegrate in the late 1980s . Simmering ethnic tensions between the Abkhaz — the region 's " titular ethnicity " — and Georgians — the largest single ethnic group at that time — culminated in the 1992 – 1993 War in Abkhazia which resulted in Georgia 's loss of control of most of Abkhazia , the '' de facto '' independence of Abkhazia , and the ethnic cleansing of Georgians from Abkhazia
ethnic cleansing of Georgians
Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia
Abkhazia