Military of Abkhazia
| Military of Abkhazia |
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| Founded | 12 October 1992 |
| Service branches |
Abkhazian Air Force Abkhazian Army Abkhazian Navy |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Raul Khajimba |
| Minister of Defence | Mirab Kishmaria |
| Chief of Staff | Anatoly Khrulyov |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers |
 Russia South Ossetia Transnistria
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| Related articles | |
| History | Military history of Abkhazia |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Abkhazia |
The Abkhazian Armed Forces are the military of Abkhazia.
The Ministry of Defence and the General Staff of the Abkhazian armed forces were officially created on 12 October 1992, after the outbreak of the 1992-1993 war with Georgia. The basis of the armed forces was formed by the ethnic Abkhaz National Guard created early in 1992 prior to the outbreak of the war. During the war, the Abkhazian forces - with the critical support from the Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus, Cossack volunteers and Russian regular military units stationed in or near Abkhazia - succeeded in defeating the Georgian troops; Georgians , Armenians, Greeks, Russians and Abkhaz were killed. Roughly 200,000 to 250,000 Georgian civilians became Internally displaced persons (IDPs). Most of the military's weapons come from the Russian airborne division base in Gudauta, while others were captured from Georgian forces.
On 24 November 2014 the governments of Abkhazia and Russia signed a treaty of cooperation that creates a joint force of troops from the two countries.
Georgia regards the Abkhaz armed forces as "unlawful military formations" and accuses Russia of supplying and training the Abkhaz troops, partly in exchange for Abkhaz land or hotels. The Abkhaz deny this, saying they bought what they have on the free market except for five sea cutters received from Russia and speedboats from the Abkhaz diaspora in Greece. In March 2005, then Abkhazian defence minister Sultan Sosnaliev admitted that the senior and middle-ranking officers in the Abkhaz army are regularly sent to Russia for 2-3 month training courses within the framework of the Russia's "Vystrel" (Shot) program.
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