Abkhazia is a land of inexpressible beauty. Mighty ancient mountains, whose slopes are overgrown with age-old trees. Waterfalls that pour water from a huge height. Sheer cliffs, stretching into the depths of the Black Sea … Yes, here and the truth is so beautiful, as far as it is described by those who have been here.
According to Abkhazia, the shortest river in the world runs – the length of the Repru is only 18 meters.
In the Soviet film about Sherlock Holmes, the final battle of the detective with the villain was filmed not in Switzerland, but in Abkhazia. The height of the waterfall, which is included in the history of cinematography and extremely popular with tourists, is 70 meters.
In Abkhazia, there are 3,500 species of plants, including 100 endemic species, which are not found anywhere else in the world.
In the first millennium BC. on the territory now called Abkhazia, there was a Colchian culture – it is represented by settlements, cemeteries and treasures. Then the coast was inhabited by the Greeks, and the future Abkhazian possessions were conquered by the Romans.
In times of Roman rule, Abkhazia was the place of exile of Christians.
As part of the USSR, Abkhazia was the record holder for the number of long-livers – in the middle of the 20th century there were more than a dozen people celebrating their 120th anniversary in the republic.
The cave of Krubera in Abkhazia was considered the deepest in the world for many years, but now it is 7 meters higher than the cave of Verevkin (also located in the Abkhazian mountains). Both caves depth of 2,197 and 2,204 meters respectively are unique natural objects that attract speleologists from all over the world.
The creator of the first constitution of Tunisia and the head of the government of this state had Abkhazian roots.
The alphabet in the Abkhaz language consists of 54 letters.
In Abkhazia in ancient times there was a ceremony of air burial – the bodies of men were wrapped in fresh skins and hung in trees to make it easier for them to reunite with spirits. Women just buried in the ground.
In Abkhazia, there are about fifty dolmens, whose age exceeds the pyramids of Egypt.
In Sukhum in the 1970s, the world’s first Monkey Monument was installed.
One of the Abkhazian villages is inhabited by people with dark skin – black Abkhaz.
In translation from Abkhazian the word “adzhika” means “salt”. Abkhazians are very fond of Adzhika and add this sauce to almost any dish.
Abkhazia is the world leader in the amount of fresh water per inhabitant of the republic.
One of the princesses of Abkhazia was a mannequin by Coco Chanel.
Russia annually imports from Abkhazia more than one and a half thousand tons of honey.
The Abkhazian New Athos is the smallest inhabited place on the planet, where there is a metro. Of course, this is not a subway in the usual sense of the word, but a railway in the thickness of the mountain. Initially, the train replaced the train, which was converted from miners’ trolleys.
Abkhazians usually celebrate a wedding in the presence of at least 1000 relatives, friends and acquaintances.
Wine-making in Abkhazia was born a couple of thousand years earlier than a new era has come.
Abkhazia is located on the same latitude as the French Riviera.
In this republic 220 days a year the sun shines.
In Abkhazia there is its own great wall – on a monumental building 160 km long there are 2 thousand towers.
Mandarins, which became one of the Abkhazian symbols, were brought to the republic from Japan.
Almost half of the population of Abkhazia lives in the mountains.
In Abkhazia, there is not a single traditional fish dish, but most of the local dishes include walnuts.
The inhabitants of Abkhazia call their republic “Apsny”, which means “Country of the soul”.
