As a result, the local Georgian population of Gagra remained defenseless.
The total defeat of the Georgian government forces was followed by ethnic cleansing of Georgian population.
Once numbering as many as 100,000, today the Georgian Jewish population is approximately 13,000.
Fearing onslaught, large numbers of Georgian population fled to the mountainous regions.
By the way Georgian population fled before Abkhaz Army entered the occupied territories.
Currently, Muslims constitute approximately 9.9%, of the Georgian population.
The alternative elections of Sanakoyev claimed full support of the ethnic Georgian population.
With the fall of the city, the Georgian population of Gagra was captured by the separatists and their allies.
The loyalty of the Georgian population to the new regime proved not easy to obtain.
Did it not issue Russian passports to the Georgian population of South Ossetia?