TO THE QUESTION OF SOCIAL-POLITICAL PROCESSES AND STATE CONSTRUCTION ON THE BLACK SEA COAST IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Certain aspects of the history of the Abkhazian kingdom in the 8th-10th centuries, the relations of the ancestors of the Abkhazians with the neighboring peoples and states are discussed in this wokr. Considering these insufficiently studied scientific problems, the author makes adjustments and clarifications to individual pages of medieval history concerning the Abkhaz relations with Alans, Kipchaks, Kartvels (Georgians), Byzantines, etc. The unique data of ancient authors are given, for example, Procopius from Caesarea, the chronicle of Georgia of the XI century and etc.