Vladislav Ardzinba in the context of "Bagramyan Battalion"

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👉 Vladislav Ardzinba in the context of Bagramyan Battalion

The Bagramyan Battalion (Armenian: Բաղրամյանի անվան գումարտակ; Russian: Батальон имени Баграмяна), officially the Marshal Ivan Bagramyan Independent Motorized Rifle Battalion (Russian: отдельный мотострелковый батальон и́мени маршала Ивана Христофоровича Баграмяна), was a military unit during the War in Abkhazia (1992–93). Composed predominantly of ethnic Armenians, it fought on the side of separatist Abkhaz forces against Georgia. The Bagramyan Battalion was disbanded after the war.

A total of 1,500 Armenians participated in the war, a quarter of the Abkhazian army. Twenty Armenians were awarded the highest honor Hero of Abkhazia and 242 were killed in battle. The first President of Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba praised the high discipline, organization, and accomplishments of the Bagramyan Battalion.

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Vladislav Ardzinba in the context of Sukhumi Dranda Airport

Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport (IATA: SUI, ICAO: URAS), formerly known as Sukhumi Babushara and Sukhumi Dranda (IATA: SUI, ICAO: UGSS) is the main airport of Abkhazia. It is located in the village of Babushara next to the larger village of Dranda and some 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Sukhumi, the capital of the unrecognised republic of Abkhazia.

On 1 May 2025, Sukhum airport resumed operations and direct flights with Moscow for the first time since the 1990s and the war in Abkhazia.

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