ABSTRACT
The Georgian-Abkhazian civil war is a typical post-Cold War secessionist conflict, which appeared immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The conflict witnessed two interventions: a unilateral intervention by the Russian Federation in early 1990s and a multilateral intervention by the same actor under the aegis of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) peacekeeping forces, which were technically multilateral but were composed exclusive of the Russian military. In 1918 Abkhazia became a part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia with an autonomous status. The situation with the ethnic minorities was far from perfect in the new independent country: ethnic minorities faced discrimination and oppression, which lasted until 1921, when the communist Red Army eliminated the statehood. United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was established on August 24, 1993 by Security Council resolution 858 mainly to monitor the situation and report to the UN on the belligerent's compliance with the peace agreement.
