Shaaban Abash (, ; 1890 – 1953) was the rider of the Abkhazian hundreds of the Circassian cavalry regiment of the Caucasian native division during the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. Shaaban was Afro-Abkhazian.

Early life

Shaaban Abash was born in the village of

Adzyubzha Adzyubzha ( ka, აძიუბჟა; ; ) is a rural settlement in the Ochamchire Municipality of Abkhazia, Georgia (country), Georgia’s breakaway republic. Situated at the mouth of Kodori River, the settlement was known as the most important c ...

, in what was then the Sukhum Okrug of the

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in the

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(now

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) to an Afro-Abkazian peasant family. He had eleven brothers and sisters.

Military service and work

At the age of 17, he enrolled in the Abkhazian hundred of the Circassian cavalry regiment, which took part in the First World War. He was awarded the Cross of St. George for making a reconnaissance raid across river Dniester and returning under fire after collecting valuable intelligence. After the establishment of Soviet power, Shaaban Abash was an associate of the leader of Abkhazia

Nestor Lakoba Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba, ''Nest’or Ap’olonis Dze Lak’oba'' (1 May 189328 December 1936) was an Abkhaz communist leader. Lakoba helped establish Bolshevik power in Abkhazia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, and served as the ...

, in 1931 he was elected a member of the Central Election Commission of Abkhazia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abash, Shaaban Russian military personnel of World War I 1890 births 1943 deaths