Pskhu

Pskhu

Pskhu ( _ab. Ҧсҳәы, "Phs'hwy"; _ru. Псху, "Pskhu") is a village in the Sukhumi district of the Republic of Abkhazia. Its population was about 150 (as of 2005) with ethnic Russians constituting a majority. The village is situated in the eponymous valley between the Greater Caucasus and Bzyb ranges. The river Bzyb and several of its tributaries flow near the village. The valley was inhabited by the Abkhaz Pskhu tribe which was one of the last peoples of the Caucasus to be conquered by Russia. After their subjection in 1864 almost all of them immigrated to Turkey. [Бэла Джемакулова, [http://www.abazashta.ru/index.php?go=Pages&in=print&id=218 КАВКАЗСКАЯ ВОЙНА И ЕЕ ПОСЛЕДСТВИЯ] ]

The small hydro-electric power station supplies the energy to the village. Pskhu also has an airport with grass-covered surface. There are no regular flights although it is still used occasionally by tourists and by the local inhabitants.

Several dolmens and the ruins of the mediaeval fortress remained near Pskhu. The nearby Inal-kuba (Pskhu-Nykha) mountain (1290 m) is one of the seven shrines of the Abkhaz people.

References

* [http://ve.free-travels.ru/articles/item.php?country=abkhazia Верещагин Сергей. Абхазия. ("Sergey Vereshchagin. Abkhazia") 2004 - 2005.]


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