Forms of Territorial-Political Self-Organization of the Abkhaz in the 18th – 19th Centuries

Pigar, Stepan

doi:10.31857/S50000392-4-1

PII

S0869-54150000392-4-1

DOI

10.31857/S50000392-4-1

Publication type

Article

Status

Published

Authors

Stepan Pigar

Volume/ Edition

Volume / Issue 3

Pages

117-127

Abstract

The article discusses the forms and principles of self-organization of people in the traditional Abkhaz society during the last period of its development in the 18 ^th-19 ^th centuries. The goal of the article is to argue that the main form of self-organization consisted in the associations of neighbor village communities. At its core there lay the principle of profound interdependence of social strata, which functioned as a mechanism controlling relationships between various social forces. This particular form of self-organization, being an alternative to hierarchical state institutions, carried a more universal structure and set of functions, as compared to either the kin or feudal peasant community.

Keywords

Abkhazia, self-organization, traditions, self-governing, village, community

Date of publication

27.07.2025

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538

References

GOST	Pigar S. Forms of Territorial-Political Self-Organization of the Abkhaz in the 18th – 19th Centuries // Ethno review. – 2014. – Issue 3 C. 117-127 . DOI: 10.31857/S50000392-4-1
MLA	Pigar, Stepan "Forms of Territorial-Political Self-Organization of the Abkhaz in the 18th – 19th Centuries." Ethno review. 3 (2014).:117-127. DOI: 10.31857/S50000392-4-1
APA	Pigar S. (2014). Forms of Territorial-Political Self-Organization of the Abkhaz in the 18th – 19th Centuries. Ethno review. no. 3, pp.117-127 DOI: 10.31857/S50000392-4-1

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