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1810 - Russia declares Abkhazia a protectorate
1864 - Russia annexes Abkhazia
1931 - Soviet authorities incorporate Abkhazia into Georgia
1991 - Georgia declares independence. Russia encouarges and supports Abkhazian separatism
1992 - Georgia sends troops to stop Abkhazia breaking away
1993 - Fierce fighting ends with Georgian forces being expelled from Abkhazia. Russia fully supports the Abkhazian side
1994 - Ceasefire agreed, so-called 'peacekeepers' arrive, nearly all Russian
1999 - Abkhazia uniletarally declares independence
2004 - New Georgian president Saakashvili vows to restore Georgia's territorial integrity and return Abkhazia, South Ossetia to the fold
2008 - Russia begins forming legal ties with Abkhazia, which Georgia says is "creeping annexation" of its land
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