List of wars involving Abkhazia

This is a list of wars involving post-Soviet Abkhazia (1991-present).

List

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Head of State of Abkhazia	Georgian losses	Abkhazian losses
War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)	Abkhazia KGNK	Georgia	Abkhazian victory Abkhazia becomes a de facto independent republic, but remains internationally recognized as part of Georgia.[a] Georgia retains control of the Upper Kodori Valley Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia	Vladislav Ardzinba	4,000 combatants and civilians killed,[5] 10,000 wounded, 1,000 missing,[5] 250,000 ethnic Georgians displaced.[6][7][8][9]	2,220 combatants killed, ~8,000 wounded, 122 missing in action, 1,820 civilians killed.[5]
Guerilla War in Abkhazia (1993-2008)	Abkhazia Russia	White Legion Forest Brothers Mkhedrioni	Abkhazian Victory Georgian Guerrillas defeated Start of Russo-Georgian War		?	?
War in Abkhazia (1998)	Abkhazia	White Legion Forest Brothers	Defeat of Georgians by the Abkhazian separatist government		Georgian sources:[10] 17 killed, 24 wounded, 56 captured, 6 missing. Abkhazian sources:[11] 160 killed	Abkhazian sources:[11] 8 killed, 17 wounded Georgian sources:[10] 300+ killed, dozens wounded
Russo-Georgian War (2008)	Russia  South Ossetia  Abkhazia	Georgia	Russian, South Ossetian and Abkhaz victory Ethnic cleansing of Georgians from South Ossetia and the Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia.[12] Recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Russia[13] Russian military bases established in Abkhazia and South Ossetia[14] Severance of Georgia–Russia relations.[15]	Sergei Bagapsh	See main article.

See also

• List of wars involving Georgia (country)
• List of wars involving Russia
• List of conflicts in territory of the former Soviet Union
• Abkhazia–Georgia border