RESULTS OF 1818-1878 MILITARY ACTIONS IN TOPONYMY OF WEST CIRCASSIA AND NORTH-WEST GEORGIA (APKHAZIA)
Gvantsa Gvantseladze[1] Teymuraz Gvantseladze[2] After the victories of Russian Empire in 1818-1864 Russian-Caucasus war and 1877-1878 Russian–Ottoman Empire war and crushing of the anti-Russian revolt of the Apkhazians in 1866, which were followed by the forced migration of Apkhazians, Circassians and the Ubykh – drastically changed the political, ethno-demographic, linguistic, confessional and cultural situation …