The institute was first formed in 1925 as the Academy of Abkhaz Language and Literature, on the initiative of
Nikolai Marr. 1 year later, it was merged with the
Abkhaz Scientific Society, forming the Abkhaz Research Institute of Local History. In 1935, the institute became part of the Georgian branch of the
USSR academy of science. In 1960, the institute received the name of Abkhaz writer
Dmitry Iosif-ipa Gulia. After the end of the war, the institute was restored. == See also ==