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Abkhazia (Abkhaz: Аҧсны
Apsny, Georgian: აფხაზეთი Apkhazeti or Abkhazeti, Russian: Абха́зия Abkhazia) is a disputed region and a de
facto independent[4a de facto independent[4][5][6][7], partially recognized country. It
lies on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, which forms its southern border,
bordering on Russia to the north and Georgia to the east.[8][9]On 28 August 2008, the Parliament of Georgia
passed a resolution declaring Abkhazia a "Russian-occupied
territory."[16][17] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia
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Internal Displacement Monitoring
Centre
IDP Voices
This
site lets internally displaced people tell their life stories – in their own
words. These stories deal with the real lives of real people. The narrators
share their personal experiences, their sensations, hopes and dreams, and the
impact for them of being forced from their homes.
ABKHAZIA - TEAH'S AUDIO VOICE -
TEAH'S STORY OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT - "My heart hurts."
Teah comes from Gali district, Abkhazia. Her mother
died when she was a young girl and war took away the grandmother and
grandfather who used to take care of her. Teah felt she grew up on the day when
she truly understood that the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict is a tragedy for
both nations, one steeped in the pain and tears of both peoples. Now, as an internally
displaced person, she lives in Poti (1), in a collective centre. In a search for work, and
to find some personal peace, she visited several cities of the former Soviet
Union. And then she returned to Georgia, the place for which she had
grieved all this time. Today she dreams of an “ordinary life” for all Georgians
and Abkhazians, who must “forgive each other” everything. The story was
recorded in Russian.
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