Abkhazian people

The Abkhaz people, sometimes referred to as the Abkhazians, are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group mainly living in Abkhazia — a region on the northeastern coast of the Black Sea which is internationally recognized as part of Georgia but is de facto outside of its control. A large Abkhaz diaspora population also resides in Turkey, Egypt, Syria and Russia.

Afro-Abkhazians are a small group of people of African descent in Abkhazia, who historically lived in the village of Adzyubzha at the mouth of the Kodori River and the surrounding villages (Chlou, Pokvesh, Agdarra and Merkulov) on the eastern coast of the Black Sea.

Abrskil or Abrskila was the hero of Abkhazian national epos, Abrskil. He was a role model of the Greek Prometheus and hence was also known as Abkhaz Prometheus. The Abrskil Cave, a notable landmark near the village of Otapi, is named after this legend.

thumb|upright=1|A ruined medieval Sadz church in modern-day Sochi The Sadz or Asadzwa, also Jigets, are a subethnic group of the Abkhazians. The Sadzy tribe historically inhabited the territory between Gagra and Khosta, in a region traditionally referred to as Lesser Abkhazia (or Lesser Abasia). After the end of the Caucasian War in 1864, the Sadzy were almost entirely deported to the Ottoman Empire. Today, approximately 14 villages in Turkey are populated by descendants of the Sadzy, who speak the Sadzy dialect of the Abkhaz language. This dialect shares notable similarities with Adyghe, Abaz

The Ahchipsou were a Sadz (Abkhaz-Abazin) tribe, that lived on Caucasus Major, near the modern border of Krasnodar Krai and Abkhazia. They lived at the upper Mzymta, and its inflow Achipse, modern Krasnaya Polyana, Adlersky City District, Sochi, Russia. The Ahchipsou were dominated by the clan of Kazılbeg Azaguyipa.