Raul Eshba (; ) (1944 – 27 September 1993) was an ethnic
Abkhaz politician who was killed in
Sukhumi
Sukhumi or Sokhumi is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the Capital city, capital and largest city of Abkhazia, a partially recognised state that most countries consider a part of Georgia (country), Georgia. The ...
along with
Zhiuli Shartava
Zhiuli Shartava (; March 7, 1944 – September 27, 1993) was a Georgian politician and National Hero who served as the Head of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and was killed by Abkhaz militants during the ethnic cleansing ...
,
Guram Gabiskiria,
Alexander Berulava and others by
Abkhaz separatist rebels during the
mass murder of Georgians in Abkhazia on 27 September 1993.
See also
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List of Georgians
This is a list of notable Georgians.
Leaders and politicians
* Pharnavaz I, King of Iberia from 302 to 237 BC
* Vakhtang I Gorgasali, King of Iberia from 447/449–502/522
* David the Builder (1073–1125), King of Georgia from 1089 to 1125 ...
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Sukhumi Massacre
The Fall of Sukhumi took place on 27 September 1993, at the hands of the separatists, in the course of the War in Abkhazia (1992–93), War in Abkhazia. The taking of the city came with a massacre of hundreds of Georgians, and it became part of a ...
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Government of Abkhazia (-in-exile)* (right-click to open file)
Assassinated Abkhazian politicians
Abkhazian politicians
Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia
1944 births
1993 deaths
1993 in Georgia (country)
20th-century politicians from Georgia (country)
Politicians assassinated in 1993
Asian politicians assassinated in the 1990s
European politicians assassinated in the 1990s
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