On March 4, 1921, Soviet power was established in Abkhazia.

On March 4, 1949, its second president, Sergei Bagapsh, was born.

On March 4, 2010, its first president, Vladislav Ardzinba, died.

The book “History of Abkhazia” describes the events of that period: “In mid-February 1921, the Revolutionary Committee of Abkhazia was created consisting of E. Eshba, N. Lakoba, N. Akirtava. During this period, Eshba and Lakoba with a group of comrades were still on assignment from Lenin on a business trip abroad in Turkey, and the Abkhaz rebel detachment, led by N. Akirtava and with the support of the IX Red Army, opposed the regular troops of the Menshevik government of Georgia near the river. Psou. At the forefront were "Kiarazovtsy", who actively participated in the liberation of the village. Lykhny, Gudauta, New Athos. On March 4, the city of Sukhum was liberated, then Ochamchira and Gal, and on March 10, the Revolutionary Committee of Abkhazia turned to Lenin with a telegram stating that Soviet power had been established throughout Abkhazia. The independent Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia was proclaimed on March 31, 1921. SSR Abkhazia lasted 10 years. By the will of Stalin, the Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia became part of the Socialist Republic of Georgia as an autonomous republic in 1931.

The second president of Abkhazia was born on March 4, 1949 in the city of Sukhum, Abkhaz ASSR. Under S. Bagapsh, the jurisdiction of the Abkhazian state was restored in the upper part of the Kodori Gorge, controlled by the Georgian authorities after the war. It was under Sergei Bagapsh that Russia officially recognized Abkhazia as a sovereign and independent state on August 26, 2008. Sergei Vasilyevich was a powerful personality, a professional in politics and government activities. Vladislav Ardzinba went down in history as the president who won the war, and Sergei Vasilievich as the president who secured the victory and made it internationally recognized. The second president of Abkhazia, Sergei Bagapsh, died at the age of 63, on May 29, 2011, a week after a lung operation performed on him in Moscow. S.V. Bagapsh was buried at the family cemetery in the village of Dzhgarda, Ochamchirа region.

Vladislav Grigoryevich Ardzinba was born on May 14, 1945 in the village of Eshera. In 1966 he graduated from the Faculty of History of the Sukhum State Pedagogical Institute named after M. A. M. Gorky. The scientist-historian headed the republic during the period of great changes associated with the collapse of the USSR. In February 1992, the Military Council of Georgia abolished the Constitution of the Georgian SSR of 1978 and put into effect the Constitution of Georgia of 1921, in which Abkhazia was not listed as a subject of state-legal relations. In this regard, on July 23, 1992, the Supreme Council of Abkhazia, headed by Vladislav Ardzinba, voted for the 1925 Constitution of the SSR of Abkhazia. On the same day, the Flag and Emblem of the Republic were adopted. Supreme Commander-in-Chief, under whose leadership Victory was won in the Patriotic War of the people of Abkhazia in 1992-93. On March 4, 2010, in Moscow, at the age of 65, after a long and serious illness, Vladislav Grigoryevich Ardzinba, an outstanding statesman and politician, the founder of the modern Abkhazian state, a prominent orientalist, died. First President of the Republic of Abkhazia. Vladislav Grigoryevich, according to his will, was buried in his native village of Esher, Sukhumi region, on the territory of the Memorial complex in memory of the soldiers who died on the Gumista front.

 Vladislav Ardzinba and Sergey Bagapsh will forever remain in the memory of the people as leaders of the nation and true patriots.

The role of the Abkhazian Repatriation Committee of the Republic of Abkhazia is helping to restore the historical surname and preparing the required documents to apply for the Abkhazian passport and citizenship, for the indigenous ethnic Abkhaz (Abaza) who live in Syria, the descendants of Abkhaz who were forcibly expelled from their homeland due to the tragic historical event of the 19th century.