Abkhazia–Georgia border

The border starts in the north at the tripoint with Russia on the Caucasus Mountains, and proceeds overland in a broadly south-westwards directions past peaks such as Mounts Kharikhra, Moguashirkha and Akiba. In the southern stretches it runs along the Enguri River, before terminating at the Black Sea coast just north of Anaklia. ==History==

Within the Russian Empire, the Georgian territories were initially organised into the Georgia Governorate, then later split off as the Georgia-Imeretia Governorate from 1840–46, and finally divided into the governorates of Tiflis and Kutaisi. The northern border of these territories roughly corresponds with the modern Georgia-Russia border i.e. running along the Caucasus Mountain range. Abkhazia was a semi-autonomous region in 1810, with a border with the Kutaisi Governorate set along the river Ghalizga. In 1864 Abkhazia was re-designated as the 'Sukhum Military District' (from 1883 Sukhum Okrug, within Kutaisi Governorate), incorporating the Samurzakano region west of the Ingur river which had hitherto been part of Kutais governorate and had been disputed between the rulers of Abkhazia and Mingrelia. Following the 1917 Russian Revolution and the dissolution of the Russian Empire, the Abkhazian Peoples Council (APC) met with Georgian leaders in early 1918, and the two sides made an initial agreement that Abkhazia would constitute Sukhum okrug, including Samurzakano (despite its Mingrelian majority), stretching along the Black Sea coast as far at the river Mzymta. According to the first article of the draft constitution of Abkhazian Autonomy written in 1920, it encompassed the territory from the Mekhadiri River to the Enguri River, and from the Black Sea coast to the Caucasus Mountains. After the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia, the Abkhaz secessionist forces pushed the Georgians out of most of Abkhazia (save for the upper Kodori Gorge) and a ceasefire was arranged in May 1994. During the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the Abkhaz secessionist forces, backed by Russia, used the occasion to force Georgia out of the Kodori Gorge, thus gaining full control of all the territory of the former Abkhaz ASSR. The Abkhaz-Georgian de facto border is currently guarded by the Russian and Abkhaz militaries and has been strengthened since the war, with barbed wire, control towers and other border control infrastructure being built. ==Border crossings==

There is one legal crossing point, at over the Enguri river between Gali (Abkhazia) and Zugdidi (Samegrelo). Since the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, attempts by non-locals to enter Abkhazia have been prevented on the Georgian side. ==See also==