Territorial change of Principality of Abkhazia

“Principality of Abkhazia” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1468 to 1829. Its territory was largest in AD 1700 – 1726, at ≈ 10 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1468 – 1571≈ 6,066 km²
AD 1572 – 1578≈ 5,829 km²
AD 1612 – 1699≈ 5,829 km²
AD 1700 – 1726≈ 10 thousand km²
AD 1727 – 1774≈ 8,714 km²
AD 1775 – 1787≈ 8,667 km²
AD 1788 – 1810≈ 10 thousand km²
AD 1811 – 1811≈ 9,852 km²
AD 1812 – 1827≈ 9,758 km²
AD 1828 – 1829≈ 9,758 km²
AD 1468AD 1829

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1700 – 1726 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1468≈ 6,066 km²122 of 140
AD 1475≈ 6,066 km²121 of 137
AD 1482≈ 6,066 km²115 of 131
AD 1487≈ 6,066 km²114 of 129
AD 1492≈ 6,066 km²115 of 129
AD 1497≈ 6,066 km²116 of 130
AD 1502≈ 6,066 km²117 of 129
AD 1507≈ 6,066 km²115 of 125
AD 1512≈ 6,066 km²112 of 124
AD 1516≈ 6,066 km²111 of 123
AD 1519≈ 6,066 km²111 of 123
AD 1521≈ 6,066 km²107 of 119
AD 1526≈ 6,066 km²109 of 121
AD 1529≈ 6,066 km²111 of 124
AD 1534≈ 6,066 km²112 of 125
AD 1540≈ 6,066 km²108 of 122
AD 1547≈ 6,066 km²107 of 121
AD 1552≈ 6,066 km²105 of 119
AD 1556≈ 6,066 km²103 of 117
AD 1564≈ 6,066 km²102 of 116
AD 1572≈ 5,829 km²101 of 110
AD 1612≈ 5,829 km²94 of 105
AD 1619≈ 5,829 km²96 of 107
AD 1622≈ 5,829 km²95 of 107
AD 1626≈ 5,829 km²96 of 109
AD 1629≈ 5,829 km²96 of 109
AD 1632≈ 5,829 km²98 of 109
AD 1636≈ 5,829 km²99 of 110
AD 1640≈ 5,829 km²103 of 114
AD 1642≈ 5,829 km²103 of 115
AD 1645≈ 5,829 km²103 of 115
AD 1648≈ 5,829 km²105 of 117
AD 1653≈ 5,829 km²102 of 115
AD 1659≈ 5,829 km²101 of 114
AD 1662≈ 5,829 km²103 of 116
AD 1670≈ 5,829 km²104 of 117
AD 1673≈ 5,829 km²104 of 117
AD 1677≈ 5,829 km²104 of 116
AD 1683≈ 5,829 km²104 of 117
AD 1687≈ 5,829 km²100 of 113
AD 1691≈ 5,829 km²98 of 111
AD 1696≈ 5,829 km²95 of 108
AD 1700≈ 10 thousand km²90 of 107
AD 1702≈ 10 thousand km²92 of 109
AD 1706≈ 10 thousand km²96 of 114
AD 1709≈ 10 thousand km²102 of 120
AD 1713≈ 10 thousand km²105 of 123
AD 1718≈ 10 thousand km²104 of 124
AD 1721≈ 10 thousand km²104 of 125
AD 1727≈ 8,714 km²107 of 128
AD 1734≈ 8,714 km²111 of 132
AD 1738≈ 8,714 km²105 of 125
AD 1741≈ 8,714 km²106 of 125
AD 1744≈ 8,714 km²107 of 129
AD 1748≈ 8,714 km²110 of 132
AD 1752≈ 8,714 km²110 of 132
AD 1757≈ 8,714 km²106 of 132
AD 1762≈ 8,714 km²108 of 131
AD 1763≈ 8,714 km²108 of 132
AD 1769≈ 8,714 km²104 of 128
AD 1772≈ 8,714 km²102 of 127
AD 1775≈ 8,667 km²105 of 132
AD 1776≈ 8,667 km²106 of 132
AD 1778≈ 8,667 km²105 of 131
AD 1780≈ 8,667 km²106 of 131
AD 1781≈ 8,667 km²106 of 131
AD 1783≈ 8,667 km²105 of 130
AD 1788≈ 10 thousand km²102 of 129
AD 1791≈ 10 thousand km²100 of 128
AD 1792≈ 10 thousand km²103 of 130
AD 1794≈ 10 thousand km²99 of 125
AD 1796≈ 10 thousand km²98 of 124
AD 1797≈ 10 thousand km²98 of 125
AD 1799≈ 10 thousand km²97 of 124
AD 1800≈ 10 thousand km²95 of 123
AD 1803≈ 10 thousand km²92 of 123
AD 1805≈ 10 thousand km²93 of 125
AD 1806≈ 10 thousand km²96 of 138
AD 1807≈ 10 thousand km²90 of 132
AD 1809≈ 10 thousand km²93 of 131
AD 1811≈ 9,852 km²96 of 131
AD 1812≈ 9,758 km²100 of 133
AD 1814≈ 9,758 km²103 of 142
AD 1815≈ 9,758 km²97 of 139
AD 1820≈ 9,758 km²104 of 148
AD 1822≈ 9,758 km²104 of 147
AD 1824≈ 9,758 km²104 of 148
AD 1825≈ 9,758 km²107 of 150
AD 1828≈ 9,758 km²105 of 144

Its highest rank was in AD 1700: number 107 of 90.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Kingdom of Imereti

Succeeded by: Russian Empire

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Principality of Abkhazia emerged as a separate feudal entity in the 15th–16th centuries, amid the civil wars in the Kingdom of Georgia that concluded with the dissolution of the unified Georgian monarchy.

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