The Influence of Islam on Ethno-Political Processes in Abkhazia
The article provides an overview of the political processes in Abkhazia through the prism of geopolitical confrontation between Russia and Turkey. The author has tried to characterize the role of the influence of the Muslim religion on the political processes in Abkhazia in historical retrospect, and to summarize the upshot of Islam in the Republic and its potential today. The article analyzes the problem of the ideological aspect, and what kind of influence Islam has on the process of formation and development of national statehood in the crisis of the Soviet supranational identity.