The Ahchipsou were a
Sadz (
Abkhaz-
Abazin)
tribe, that lived on
Caucasus Major, near the modern border of
Krasnodar Krai
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and
Abkhazia
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. They lived at the upper
Mzymta, and its inflow
Achipse, modern
Krasnaya Polyana,
Adlersky City District,
Sochi
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,
Russia
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. The Ahchipsou were dominated by the clan of Kazılbeg Azaguyipa.
The Ahchipsou were conquered in May, 1864, showing the last resistance during the
Russian-Circassian War. After the war they resettled into the
Ottoman Empire
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(see
Muhajirism).
References
History of Sochi
History of Abkhazia
Abkhaz diaspora
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