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  • Abkhazia is 'a country that doesn't exist'. An ex Soviet breakaway state, the region of Abkhazia went to war with Georgia (country) in the 90's, after the fall of the USSR, causing awful trauma and scores of refugees on both sides. Nowadays it is another so called 'frozen conflict' and Abkhazia de facto operates as a completely separate state from Georgia. The aim of this video is not in any way political, but to explain a little more about this little known conflict on the edge of the Black Sea and the human tragedy it has caused.
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Komentáře • 439

  • @paraguayopromedio123
    @paraguayopromedio123 Před 6 měsíci +21

    Desde Paraguay, Abjasia y Osetia del Sur son territorios georgianos 🇵🇾🤝🇬🇪
    From Paraguay, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are Georgian territories 🇵🇾🤝🇬🇪

    • @pwzone3132
      @pwzone3132 Před 3 měsíci

      So why I've never seen Georgian flags in Abkhazia?

    • @eagleeye182
      @eagleeye182 Před 3 měsíci +4

      @@pwzone3132 Because it`s currently occupied by the Russian Federation.

    • @pwzone3132
      @pwzone3132 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@eagleeye182 really? So why did I cross the border when I came to Abkhazia from Russia?

    • @pwzone3132
      @pwzone3132 Před 3 měsíci

      @@eagleeye182 and do you know that Georgians attacked Abkhazia, not Russia?

    • @eagleeye182
      @eagleeye182 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@pwzone3132 I told you already. It`s currently occupied by the Russian Federation. You wouldn`t be able to cross the border from the Georgian side.

  • @global_east
    @global_east Před 3 lety +20

    What a great content! My wife is from Sochi and I absolutely luv that city.

  • @eagleeye182
    @eagleeye182 Před 3 měsíci +12

    Abkhazia, as a standalone country, has never, ever existed. It has always been part of Georgia.

    • @fieryapple7020
      @fieryapple7020 Před měsícem

      Now it's independent and Abkhazian people want nothing to do with Georgians. They absolutely hate Georgia after what they've done in the war, and they are PROUD to be independent.
      I've been there a lot and I know what I'm saying.

    • @g_phantom_1252
      @g_phantom_1252 Před 26 dny

      Some mountains people settled there georgians allowed them to live there now they want independence and they are claiming that colchis never was georgia LOL a## naked people from mointains who never had anything claiming that they are abkhazians yet abhkaz is a mingrelian word LOL they have nothing people of adigea who are claiming that they are abkhazians yet they have zero cluei that there was no nation called abkhazia never evr its just a region of georgia where svans/laz/mingrels lived LOL

    • @adavada5394
      @adavada5394 Před dnem

      ha létezik egy Abház nemzet, akkor az ország nem Gruzia, nem Oroszország ..hanem Abházia..márpedig létezik ilyen nemzet.

    • @eagleeye182
      @eagleeye182 Před dnem

      @@adavada5394 You`re not much of a historian, hence, your assumption is baseless. I reiterate, Abkhazia as a standalone country has never existed. Prove me wrong if you can.

  • @grady4757
    @grady4757 Před 3 lety +10

    Nice one, y’all. Great content. A nice mixture of your family experience in Russia and history of Abkhazia. Missing the Caucasus region a ton. Agree that borders are incredibly interesting (and maddening sometimes). I taught English with a family from Abkhazia when living in Tbilisi. Such a complex issue.

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you, we are so happy that you are enjoying our content ☺️
      Borders of the former ussr countries are especially crazy, so fascinating, baffling and infuriating what they purposely did to them.
      Oh wow so interesting! Were they refugees from the war? I remember reading just how many there were in Georgia and Tbilisi especially. Especially ethnic Georgians that had lived in Abkhazia for generations and now can't return to their homes. Like you say, so complex, and as always, normal people are the ones to suffer!

    • @grady4757
      @grady4757 Před 3 lety +1

      @@MattandJulia Absolutely agree. Yes, they were displaced peoples, and indeed there is a large community in Tbilisi. The particular family I worked with were able to immigrate to New York. But in conversation there was definitely a pride in Abkhazia as a home. I tread lightly but with great interest as a guest in countries on such subjects, but I can say that even with some of the strains between Georgia and Russia in recent history, 99% of the time Nastya was treated with kindness as a Russian. As an American I more often got the question “why do you live here?”, but I loved it.

    • @Noblegeneral1661
      @Noblegeneral1661 Před 2 lety

      First of all russia stole abkhazia from georgia second that abkhazia or apsua stole our culture third thing abkhazia dont have history becouse it is georgian province and only history abkhazia had it was kingdom abkhazia and it was georgian kingdom and it had georgian leader bagrat the second so abkazia of apsua its just autonomous region of georgia and not independence country and we dont care if russia recognise abkhazia or ossetia abkhazia and south ossetia is Georgia 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

    • @nikolozkobakhidze5714
      @nikolozkobakhidze5714 Před rokem +2

      what do u mean by abkhazia history

  • @joannmcgowan9394
    @joannmcgowan9394 Před 3 lety +6

    I love all the facts about the cities you travel to ! This city is beautiful! It sure looked warmer than 17! Nice meeting your family too ! Love your videos ! Thank you !

  • @fieryapple7020
    @fieryapple7020 Před měsícem +4

    Abkhazia is independent country.

  • @romanviktorovi4
    @romanviktorovi4 Před rokem +9

    I LOVE ABKHASIA ❤ I've been there twice and fell in love into that place

  • @bpslays
    @bpslays Před 6 měsíci +7

    Abkhazia, BEAUTIFUL GEORGIAAA🇬🇪🇬🇪 this is not Russian, it's Georgian.

    • @fieryapple7020
      @fieryapple7020 Před měsícem +1

      It's not Georgian, it's not Russian. It's independent, and people there HATE Georgia

  • @izziehardy9739
    @izziehardy9739 Před 3 lety +7

    Really really loving learning about all of these different places in Europe id never heard of before!!! I’ve been binging your vlogs hehe Abso love it Thankyou so much!!!!🥰Xxx

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety +3

      Thank you so much Izzie!! So glad you are enjoying them!!! 😍🙏 Loads more to come 😃xxx

  • @salomedabrundashvili1979
    @salomedabrundashvili1979 Před 2 lety +40

    Georgia is so beautiful ! ! !

    • @stansfieldmcelroy
      @stansfieldmcelroy Před rokem +3

      Julia*

    • @burningbrightliberty1514
      @burningbrightliberty1514 Před rokem +3

      wanna know what that sounds like? sounds like cope

    • @TruJ7777
      @TruJ7777 Před rokem +1

      yeah in your dream

    • @v4nusus
      @v4nusus Před rokem

      ​@@TruJ7777 and you can keep dreaming about abkhazia being apart of russia💀💀 gtfo and learn geography

    • @v4nusus
      @v4nusus Před rokem

      ​@@burningbrightliberty1514 and you know what you sound like right now? delusional

  • @giorgilabadze1
    @giorgilabadze1 Před 2 lety +25

    sochi was georgian once(not now just fact from history) but ABKHAZIA is Georgia even now. like it always was from roman times and before

    • @viktorreznov1548
      @viktorreznov1548 Před 2 lety

      F*** off bicu. Go find yourself a better thing to do..

    • @s.m4086
      @s.m4086 Před rokem +3

      Sochi a CIRCASSIAN land.never was a gerogian..you are a liar
      .Abkhzia has never been a georgian.stalin and beriya attaced Abkhazia to georgia

    • @Maleficarum999
      @Maleficarum999 Před rokem +4

      @@s.m4086 Could you care to elaborate how come that a city that never was Georgian carries a very Georgian name?

    • @Cavalieria
      @Cavalieria Před rokem +1

      ​@@Maleficarum999the name comes from the Sochi river, which came as a loan word from Anywhere, Abaza and Circassian languages.

    • @brettervonkanada6102
      @brettervonkanada6102 Před rokem +3

      @@Cavalieria Both the river and the city were named by Georgians. Sochi was built on top of an abandoned Greek (Pontus) settlement by King Bagrat IV of Georgia, who ruled Georgia with Sokhumi (Abkhazia btw) as the capital of the kingdom in 11th century, somewhere between 1060-1070. This is a historical fact, check with whatever source you want (just not RTVI, they're lying to you, don't tell anyone).
      We don't claim Sochi now because it was only a part of Georgia for 100 or so years. So it's not like Abkhazia which is 100% Georgia and has been for thousands of years. I'm not saying that Sochi is or should be in Georgia (much like Tao in Turkey or any other historically Georgian regions too far away from modern borders) but it is a Georgian city, built by Georgians.
      P.S. it's not So'CH'i, it's So'ჭ'ი, there is not even such letter in Circassian language, that alone is the proof, but please do check whatever sources you want...

  • @BESTYEAROFMYLIFE
    @BESTYEAROFMYLIFE Před 2 lety +17

    When we return, it will be to late to say sorry, Apsuas (this message is also directed at Ossetians)

    • @anti-theocrat8815
      @anti-theocrat8815 Před rokem

      If you return You will have your asses kicked AGAIN

    • @pwzone3132
      @pwzone3132 Před 3 měsíci

      Do you really think that Russia won't participate in war in case of it?)

  • @CluelessBookworm
    @CluelessBookworm Před 3 lety +6

    Did they change the procedure for entering Abkhasia? I went there in 2012, and my friend went there several times up to 2017, and we always entered directly from Russia, not from Georgia. It was literally a walk across a bridge, plus a fast ID check.

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety +2

      Depends on Nationality Maria, for a Brit it is a lot harder than for a Russian for example. Also, Coronavirus has shut borders anyway x

    • @CluelessBookworm
      @CluelessBookworm Před 3 lety +1

      @@MattandJulia As a matter of fact, I did check after your video, and it seems like Russia-Abkhazia border is still open, despite Covid. But yeah, I didn't think of the obvious. It is open for Russian nationals.

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 2 lety +3

      @Maria Kapsina Matt is being a stooge for Brit propaganda. Britons can enter anytime via Sochi. There is no British law anyway definitely forbidding anybody from entering Abkhazia or that would indeed be an obvious undemocratic tendency if they were so thick-faced to do that. Not that Western propaganda is still being taken seriously recently anyway

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 2 lety

      @Maria Kapsina this really makes me take a second look at this vlog. This is a psyop, Julia is turned into a British asset, playing the Russian maiden who acquired a British accent while his husband inject his disinfo in the process. Not a very innocent tandem after all

  • @MrSedrack
    @MrSedrack Před 2 lety +43

    Abkhazia is part of Georgia, currently occupied by Russia.
    It's not a state. It's not a country. It's a region like any other, part of Georgia under hostile, foreign occupation.

    • @declannewton2556
      @declannewton2556 Před 2 lety +11

      Unless you consider Abkhazia's military as an "occupation" force, then you're wrong.
      Major cope for the people there not wanting to return.

    • @MrSedrack
      @MrSedrack Před 2 lety +1

      @@declannewton2556 Abkhazia has no military. It's a ragtag band of insurgents and separatists. All they do is kidnap shepherds.

    • @user-kj2jw8bl5d
      @user-kj2jw8bl5d Před 2 lety +1

      Грузия оккупант Абхазии , Сталинским режимом СССР.

    • @caralhoguy
      @caralhoguy Před 2 lety

      @@user-kj2jw8bl5d это факт

    • @user-kj2jw8bl5d
      @user-kj2jw8bl5d Před 2 lety

      @@caralhoguy Факт у вас грузин перед глазами , Абазгия . Грузин Машеник Самазванец и Факт и по Факту .👑✋😎

  • @barrysmart2389
    @barrysmart2389 Před rokem +6

    Abkhazia may be poor but the people there are rightfully proud. I spent a day there followed by an evening of traditional feast and entertainment, one of the best days of my long life.

  • @jennh7040
    @jennh7040 Před 2 lety +2

    It was so nice seeing your family Julia. Know I have been praying for them and your grandmother.

  • @SyGiba27
    @SyGiba27 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Penso che il mondo intero dovrebbe conoscere l'Abkhazia. L'Abkhazia è stata per secoli un grande stato nella geografia del Caucaso settentrionale, infatti, per un po', è stata una regione sotto il controllo dell'Abkhazia in tutta la Georgia a est La popolazione dell'Abkhazia fu deportata nella geografia ottomana dall'amministrazione russa zarista nel 1800 dopo le guerre Sebbene l'Abkhazia fosse uno dei paesi fondatori dei sovietici fino al 1931, il suo status fu ridotto all'autonomia da Stalin, un georgiano, dopo Lenin. ed è stato collegato alla Georgia.In seguito, non ha mai fatto parte della Georgia. Dopo che la Russia ha riconosciuto l'Abkhazia, la Turchia dovrebbe riconoscere anche la Repubblica di Abkhazia. In Turchia ci sono molti più Abkhazi-Abazini della popolazione dell'Abkhazia.

  • @cherylsalinas1548
    @cherylsalinas1548 Před 3 lety +1

    Julia how neat to see your Mum. You look just like her. You both are beautiful. It’s never to late to do what you want. It’s a sad history for the country. Such beautiful scenery. Loved this video. ❤️❤️

  • @cougsjohnson1
    @cougsjohnson1 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This area of The World is so Beautiful & Spectacular ! I wish things were easier, so more Tourists could visit & help the locals, by propping up the Economy. I really hope to visit the entire Coast some day !

  • @hussainwarraich8139
    @hussainwarraich8139 Před 3 lety +2

    So beautiful vlog 👌 😍

  • @wojowrench4716
    @wojowrench4716 Před rokem +4

    Palm Trees in Russia!.... never knew!

    • @liletchintcharauli
      @liletchintcharauli Před rokem

      OF COURSE, NO ONE NEVER KNEW.. AS IT'S NOT EVEN RUSSIA AND THAT'S WHY IT SOUNDS 'EXCITING.' THIS IS GEORGIA YOU IGNORANTS. THERE IS NO PALM TREES IN RUSSIA! 🤮

  • @MightyKingKala
    @MightyKingKala Před 2 lety +28

    Abkhazia is Georgia and always will be our land even Sochi was Georgian land too.

    • @bewatermyfriend7595
      @bewatermyfriend7595 Před 2 lety +14

      lol no they're not

    • @MightyKingKala
      @MightyKingKala Před 2 lety +6

      Go and search

    • @stronggs1459
      @stronggs1459 Před 2 lety +5

      გეთანხმები სოჭი საქართველოს ტერიტორია იყო ასევე სხვა ტერიტორიებიც რომელიც რუსეთს უკავიათ ჩრდილოეთით მაშინ რუსეთი არ არსებობდა როცა საქართველოს მთელი 5000 წელი უარსებია ქართველებს ვგულისხმობ.

    • @MightyKingKala
      @MightyKingKala Před 2 lety +3

      @@stronggs1459 კი და რაც დაგვრჩა იმასაც გვართმევენ. ხელი თუ არ გავანძრიეთ რამის დაბრუნება კი არა იმასაც დავკარგავთ რაც გვაქვს

    • @caralhoguy
      @caralhoguy Před 2 lety +6

      sochi is circassian and abkhazians are brothers to circassians

  • @oscarcruzalvarez3614
    @oscarcruzalvarez3614 Před 3 lety +3

    more videos. Very interesting, more abjasia

  • @user-wt2he7cy2x
    @user-wt2he7cy2x Před 2 lety +47

    🤚Republic of ABKHAZIA 🤚independet forever ☝️

  • @coolskeleton9
    @coolskeleton9 Před 2 měsíci +1

    how can you make a video with stating facts that are not true since you don’t even know the country’s history?Abkhazia is Abkhazia , and btw Sochi used to be Abkhazian,but after the Russo-Caucasian war it became part of the Russian Empire.The “Krasnaya Polyana” is literally called Krasnaya because of the amount of blood of dead Ahchipsoy/Kbaade-ancient Abkhaz-Adyg tribes, while the supporters of the Russian Empire genocide towards Caucasians were Georgias and Mingrelias

  • @ratikonjaria7648
    @ratikonjaria7648 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Abkhazia is Georgia. There will be no peace, nor war over until Russia and Russian-backed separatists leave our country. Ask the Karabakh separatists how those deals with Russia end. I recall fellow Abkhaz citizens of Georgia who were misled by these forces of evil to come to their minds because Georgia will restore its territorial unity and sovereignty eventually, one way or another.

    • @eminescueliade4206
      @eminescueliade4206 Před 8 měsíci

      The Armenian president left Putin little room to intervene.

  • @niniapciauri7077
    @niniapciauri7077 Před 3 lety +21

    Abkhazia is in Georgia🇬🇪even know it is part of Georgia.

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 3 lety +2

      @Nini Apciauri You are dumb, how can Abkhazia be a part of Georgia when even Georgians can't enter it? Abkhazia is independent, I recognize it

    • @l.m6038
      @l.m6038 Před 2 lety +1

      @@milomilo417 who cares what you do. Blockhead

    • @vasiko9517
      @vasiko9517 Před 2 lety

      @@milomilo417 * I RECOGNIZE IT * WHO ARE YOU? JUST 4 Country recognize abkhazia. VENEZUELA RUSSIA ARKEMENIA END SYRIA 😂😂😂 END SOCHI IS OLDER GEORGIAN TERITORY
      IN 1992 ABKHAZIA IS OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA OF ABKHAZIA IS ABKHAZIA WHY IN 1992 HAPPEN WAR 🤦
      END WHY IN ABKHAZIA RESTORANS HOTELS MONASTERS AIROPORT END OTHERS PLACE HAVE GEORGIAN WRITE 🤦😂😂
      ABKHAZIA END SOUT OSETIA IS GEORGIA NOT SOUT OSETIA HER NAMS IS SAMACHABLO CXINVALI!!!!

    • @caralhoguy
      @caralhoguy Před 2 lety +1

      @@vasiko9517 crying hahaha

  • @nikagachechiladze3225
    @nikagachechiladze3225 Před 2 lety +53

    Abkhazia is part of Georgia

    • @hastywolfauthor4219
      @hastywolfauthor4219 Před 2 lety +8

      Of course, but if you say that in Russia you’d likely get arrested.

    • @googleaccount065
      @googleaccount065 Před 2 lety +14

      No, Georgia is a part of Abkhazia

    • @pizdeeec7130
      @pizdeeec7130 Před 2 lety +14

      tell it in Abkhazia😂

    • @_fil_1363
      @_fil_1363 Před 2 lety +2

      Go tell it in Sukhumi. Phahah

    • @qosa122
      @qosa122 Před 2 lety +1

      @@_fil_1363 go tell it in georgia

  • @Shehuduli
    @Shehuduli Před 5 měsíci

    I replied this to one of the comments, but I did not want it to be hiden so I recommented it here
    Well, listen. I am not here to start a fight, but I just want to tell you a simple thing.
    Abkhzians and Georgians used to live together under one country for thousands of years, but recently they started to break away from Georgia.
    - Is this not a brainwashing? Everything was fine and sundenly everything changed.
    Why is Abkhazaia only one that is trying to split from Georgia and not other regions such as Mingrelia, Adjara, Kakhetia?
    - Let me tell you, because Abkhazians got brainwashed and others did not.
    You my say "South Ossetia" is also separatist state
    - Here we are facing occupation. Ossetia has not been in the Caucasus at all when Caucasians used to dominate the region, and only recently they occupied somewhat middle of the Caucasus, including Georgian teritories.
    Why do we think that Abkhazians want indepencence?
    - Because of the Russia's propaganda. Everyday you can her Russia trying to buy or take some of Abkhazia's teritory. Abkhazia alredy lost Sochi and above regions which was always theirs (Georgians if unclear). Abkhazia is so geo-politicaly good placed, has good resources and tourist attractions with it's mountaians and sea mixing, four deepest caves in the world, beutiful nature and so on that state like Russia could not handle and it's no surprise that they are trying to occupy it, which is of course wrong.
    I love Abkhazians, even though they consider us enemies. Go to Georgia and ask Abkhazians if they want to reunite or if they would like to have Abkhazian as friend, wife, husband or anything. They will accept them as Georgians because they are Georgians. No Georgian hate Abkhazians. Yes, we had war with them, but it was still for them against Russia's aggresion.
    Even now Georgia is supporting Abkhazia with a lot of things.
    At the end of the day, what's wrong with uniting and living together? Only enemies would want you to be separated so that they can defeat you easily.

  • @anakacharava4159
    @anakacharava4159 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Sochi is also a Georgian land🇬🇪, which was occupied by the Russians.

    • @sonofalbi9801
      @sonofalbi9801 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Sochi was always Circassian (Ubykh) land and was never Georgian. Anatolia, however, historically belonged to Abkhazia and not Samegrelo.

    • @sonofalbi9801
      @sonofalbi9801 Před 2 měsíci

      Samegrelo delenda est!

    • @anakacharava4159
      @anakacharava4159 Před 2 měsíci

      @@sonofalbi9801 I definitely recommend you to see a psychiatrist.🤡

    • @adavada5394
      @adavada5394 Před dnem

      Stallin is grúz volt és a fél európát is akarta..:D

  • @grahameida7163
    @grahameida7163 Před 3 lety +2

    Love the out takes :D

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety

      Haha, thanks Graham, they are our favourite part too! 😄

  • @Krenky95
    @Krenky95 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Republic of Abkhazia !

  • @robertshepherd8543
    @robertshepherd8543 Před rokem +2

    Still a great video. No mention of the Circassians. Thr pre-Soviets Russian Christians forced the Circassians to leave. Turks said Yhy you being such bullies. Anyway Circassians got kicked out.

  • @cristinabearden9629
    @cristinabearden9629 Před 3 lety +1

    Yes! Your out takes are the best😂

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety

      Hahaha, so glad that you like them 🤗❤️

  • @lindakhimshiashvili7851
    @lindakhimshiashvili7851 Před 2 lety +17

    Abkazia was,is and will be Georgia! We feel sorry that Russia has occupied our country and it is still trying to conquer not only Georgia’s land,but Ukraine too.
    💙💛

    • @lindakhimshiashvili7851
      @lindakhimshiashvili7851 Před 2 lety +1

      By the way,good luck,nice videos!❤️

    • @pizdeeec7130
      @pizdeeec7130 Před 2 lety +7

      uh, bot. Abkhazia is independent🤡 and no one occupied it

    • @lindakhimshiashvili7851
      @lindakhimshiashvili7851 Před 2 lety

      @@pizdeeec7130 I am not bot. Abkhazia was,is and will be Georgia forever. Russia is an occupant. ugly Putin is killing million innocent people in Ukraine. God sees everything.

    • @giorgijioshvili9713
      @giorgijioshvili9713 Před 2 lety

      @@pizdeeec7130 Cope lol

    • @kwazooplayingguardsman5615
      @kwazooplayingguardsman5615 Před rokem +4

      ​@@lindakhimshiashvili7851 you people literally tried to conquer abkhazia when they declined the ultimatum you gave them to submit to you. A similar line of events happened with south ossetia too.

  • @HChampagne63
    @HChampagne63 Před rokem

    Wonderful episode but I did not get my Julia kiss. I will have to lodge a bitter complaint.🤣

  • @nicoli8437
    @nicoli8437 Před 3 lety +14

    welcome to Abkhazia, Georgia.

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety

      Thank you Nicoli

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 2 lety +12

      Being democratic, I believe in the power of the people. The Abkhazians fought for their independence from Georgia TWICE & won. Just thick-faced these Georgians changing facts with gossips because they can't change things in the ground

    • @giorgikvernadze3766
      @giorgikvernadze3766 Před 2 lety +3

      @@milomilo417 "TWICE " - when was the second time?
      " The Abkhazians fought for their independence from Georgia" - if you call ethnic cleansing fighting, then yeah
      "Just thick-faced these Georgians changing facts with gossips because they can't change things in the ground" - you don't know english that well do you?

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 2 lety +1

      @Giorgi Kvernadze what a lot of nonsense, & you just proved you are a typical thick-faced Georgian. Admit it, Georgia is so insignificant, your delusion is that clinging to the West would give you license for your nonsense, but think again. Georgia has so little to offer that everybody can just burst out laughing anytime HAHAHA

    • @giorgikvernadze3766
      @giorgikvernadze3766 Před 2 lety

      @@milomilo417 again, you really don't know English that well do you?

  • @patf.3776
    @patf.3776 Před 3 lety +3

    Oh my goodness! Palm trees in Russia??? Matt and Julia have totally changed my ideas about your country.

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety +2

      I know right! 😀🌴 So glad we could show people different parts of Russia they didn't know ☺️

    • @gogankoko7411
      @gogankoko7411 Před 3 lety +18

      This is georgia not russia, russia occupied 20% of georgia

    • @RustedCroaker
      @RustedCroaker Před 3 lety +8

      @@gogankoko7411 Learn geography a bit, Sochi never ever were in Georgia

    • @parnavaz
      @parnavaz Před 2 lety +8

      @@RustedCroaker i think you have to learn geography my friend. Sochi was a part of georgian kindgom for 300+ years

    • @totoga3708
      @totoga3708 Před 2 lety +1

      @@RustedCroaker You should to learn history, my boy🤣

  • @khloja06
    @khloja06 Před rokem

    what a lovely shop your mom has! i want to visit sochi someday too

  • @cavid.3255
    @cavid.3255 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Woow beautiful georgian teritory
    Abkhazia is Georgia
    From Azerbaijan
    Long Live South Caucasus
    🇦🇿❤️🇬🇪

  • @cristinabearden9629
    @cristinabearden9629 Před 3 lety +2

    It was so fun to see your family and the cafe that your mom owns!

  • @IraclisPapadopoulos
    @IraclisPapadopoulos Před rokem +2

    So... :/ I'm born in abkhazia and liave with my family koz the war to greece like refugees and till now my life have RUINED for reazons i dont really anderstand and the only thing i know is that i h*** russian and georgia for differend but main reazons, i jast hope one day to go look at my old house and etc.

    • @mariposa3943
      @mariposa3943 Před 5 měsíci

      So where do you live now? You are not ethnically Georgian, so you can go back to your home. It's Georgian who can't.

    • @Shehuduli
      @Shehuduli Před 5 měsíci +1

      Why do you hate Georgia? In that case should not you also hate Abkhazia? Cause they started wars while everything was fine.
      I am Georgian and I love Abkhazians and consider them as us, not separate people, but it is very confusing and sad that the people that used to live together under one country for thousands of years is trying to split from and marge with other country (Russia) that they know for only few centuries and do not even have good relationship with them.
      Georgians do not hate Abkhazians at all. If you come to Georgia and take a sign that you are Abkhazian, Georgians will most likely hug you

  • @sunnyskies4628
    @sunnyskies4628 Před 3 lety +2

    Beautiful family!

  • @mitcherny6965
    @mitcherny6965 Před 3 lety

    What I'd like to know is who the person behind russian accent elimination is. It's still there but the heavy British influence is undeniable. Someone with a special interest in phonetics has done wonders to this girl's speech production...husband? mother-in-law?

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety +4

      You could just ask me in the first person. I moved to the UK when I was 18 and there was no special accent magician helping me out, I learnt to speak myself ✌🏻

  • @nometric9525
    @nometric9525 Před 3 lety +15

    Abkhazia is Georgia. ;)

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 3 lety +10

      Abkhazia is an independent country, get over it

    • @hastywolfauthor4219
      @hastywolfauthor4219 Před 2 lety

      Abkhazia in reality is a Russia sphere of influence zone occupied by mercenaries. Not to say Abkhazian independence is a joke but it never would have happened without Russia support. It will never be independent as it accepted help from Russia, binding it forever.

    • @nometric9525
      @nometric9525 Před 2 lety +3

      @@hastywolfauthor4219 abkhazians are georgians wich were forced to leave their homes because of Russian occupation:)! in abkhazia there are now apsua tribes from north caucasus and Armenians and they are calling themselves abkhazians :) and even Abkhazia is Georgian word and have its meaning :). and yes their independence is a big joke ……. do u know that even Sochi is a georgian territory? but now it’s Russian just google it ;). but Abkhazia is of course georgia )

    • @Skrubbleberry
      @Skrubbleberry Před 2 lety +1

      @@milomilo417 189 countries disagree

  • @mrpizza191
    @mrpizza191 Před 2 lety +11

    Abkhazia is georgia

  • @serious6037
    @serious6037 Před 2 lety +7

    No matter what anybody says. Abkhazia and Samachablo(south osetia) are georgian lands. End of story.

    • @meegz149
      @meegz149 Před 2 lety

      SeriouS even the people there?

    • @giorgijioshvili9713
      @giorgijioshvili9713 Před 2 lety

      @@meegz149 Georgians living in those lands were... you know "left" for Some reasone

    • @damasca5460
      @damasca5460 Před rokem

      ​@@meegz149 You are talking about people who killed Georgians. Also Many Georgians became displaced in their own country. You have no chance to be independent. The civilized world is on Georgia's side .

  • @gabrielchelidze118
    @gabrielchelidze118 Před rokem +1

    Do you love Abkhazia and say that Abkhazia is Abkhazia?

    • @giorgijioshvili9713
      @giorgijioshvili9713 Před rokem

      Abkhazia is Georgia

    • @fieryapple7020
      @fieryapple7020 Před měsícem +1

      Abkhazia is a country of its own and people there want nothing to do with Georgia. They hate Georgia

  • @sebastianmichaelrogel6404

    Your English is impressive!

  • @mikheildzagnidze9863
    @mikheildzagnidze9863 Před 5 měsíci +3

    It is not a country, it is Georgia!!! RUssians kicked out 70% of population, Georgians!! Name Abkhazia is a Georgian name, these people are Absua, that's how they call themselves.. read historical books, look at historical buildings, castles, churches, and read what is written there.. it is all Georgian!!

  • @stronggs1459
    @stronggs1459 Před 2 lety +7

    Abkhazia is Georgia, is a good video

    • @caralhoguy
      @caralhoguy Před 2 lety

      georgia is abkhazia, excellent video ☝️

    • @stronggs1459
      @stronggs1459 Před 2 lety +2

      @@caralhoguy Thanks for the comment. Get acquainted with the history of Georgia. Arrive and argue with Georgians will cost you dearly.

    • @user-kj2jw8bl5d
      @user-kj2jw8bl5d Před 2 lety

      Абхазия это Абхазия
      Страна . Грузия Самазванцы .

  • @Nika28827
    @Nika28827 Před rokem +3

    Abkhazia is Georgia 🇬🇪❤️

  • @user-fu2to1bm6f
    @user-fu2to1bm6f Před 3 lety +1

    Интересное кино. Хочу в Сочу.

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety

      Спасибо! Очень красивый город)

  • @moriart3536
    @moriart3536 Před měsícem

    საქართველო!

  • @user-bn8zq9si1t
    @user-bn8zq9si1t Před 7 měsíci

    Aphxazia is Georgia 🇬🇪

  • @willflyforleisure7241

    nice city, country or whatever it is.🍁🍁

  • @ThatMarkGilroy
    @ThatMarkGilroy Před 3 lety +2

    Definitely counter stereotype there!

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety

      It really feels like another world to the majority of Russia, and it's only a two hour flight from Moscow 😱😊x

    • @tornikechkhvimiani1242
      @tornikechkhvimiani1242 Před 5 měsíci

      @@MattandJuliaYes, it feels like another country, like Georgia. Check how well-developed Batumi is, and you’ll understand how purely utilized this natural beauty is in Sochi. That’s how Russia shaped the future of and made it look like a post-Soviet abandoned territory.

  • @LorenzoCerezo
    @LorenzoCerezo Před 2 lety

    Gracias

  • @Alexey-Shumikhin
    @Alexey-Shumikhin Před 3 lety +2

    Sochi is not exactly Russia - for example, in Russia, cars stop at pedestrian crossings, but in Sochi there are none, the development does not look like a typical Russian city, the majority of Sochi residents are Armenians.

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety

      Yeah, it is pretty unique compared to the rest of Russia for sure.

    • @nometric9525
      @nometric9525 Před 3 lety +7

      to be honest Sochi is Georgian territory…. sergo orjonikidze gave it to russia….

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 3 lety +2

      Georgia should join the Russian Federation so it becomes relevant again, Georgia is just a comedian trying to act like a country now, nobody respects it

    • @georgiatbilisi1156
      @georgiatbilisi1156 Před 2 lety

      @@milomilo417 why do you hate us so much ?

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 2 lety +2

      @georgia tbilisi trying the sympathy card? are you a moron? People are interested in Abkhazia, the Soviet playground, not in Georgia. And here you are, corny Georgians insisting it is part of Georgia when the Abkhazians have already gained independence when their old retiree volunteers beat the Georgian soldiers out TWICE long ago. What you can't do in real battles, you do with your gossip here

  • @bdmmanbdmman3526
    @bdmmanbdmman3526 Před 2 lety

    It is nice to see the whole family together! I do have a major question! Mom is tall! Brother is tall! Sister is tall! Can't help but wonder what happened to Julia! (Runt of the litter!) 🤣😂😁 I apologize Julia!!!! Just kidding. Although that is not so bad, as compared to the kiwis that kicked Matts nuts!👍🤦‍♂️

  • @sasasasasasasasas37
    @sasasasasasasasas37 Před měsícem

    Abkhazia does not act as a completely separate state. It's heavily dependent on russia and russian politics. Abkhazia has never existed as an independent country, ever.

  • @xXGeorgLPXx
    @xXGeorgLPXx Před 2 lety +6

    Abkhazia is Georgia 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

  • @mremio8797
    @mremio8797 Před 2 lety +7

    stop telling people that Abkhazia is in Russia, its in Georgia

  • @lasha5637
    @lasha5637 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Abkhazia is Georgia

  • @gogashamugia3544
    @gogashamugia3544 Před 2 lety +4

    Not Russia it's Georgia

  • @giorgi7750
    @giorgi7750 Před rokem +1

    Abkhazia is a part of Georgia but Abkhazia is occupied by Russia.

  • @giorgininos7724
    @giorgininos7724 Před 3 lety +3

    No Geographically the border between Europe and Asia is determined by the European culture therefore Georgia, Cyprus, Armenia, Azerbaijan are fully inside Europe.

    • @MattandJulia
      @MattandJulia  Před 3 lety +10

      Does that mean Australia is Europe? 😉

    • @nometric9525
      @nometric9525 Před 3 lety +4

      No! Geographically Georgia is in the caucasus region and most of its territory is in Asia but some parts of Georgia is in europe 15%.. ….. ( geographically Armenia and Cyprus are fully in Asia) .

    • @TT-zd6nr
      @TT-zd6nr Před 3 lety

      @@MattandJulia When I lived in Earl's Court some time ago, I would have answered : Maybe :)

    • @mariposa3943
      @mariposa3943 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@MattandJulia in a way it is. At least they do participate in Eurovision song context. But Georgia is culturally European, including Abkhazia as well since it is old Christian civilization and Europe is mainly Christian hub 😅

  • @xxxlc123
    @xxxlc123 Před 8 měsíci +1

    ablhazia is georgiaaaaa

  • @DAVIDLION76
    @DAVIDLION76 Před rokem +1

    Abkhazia is georgia 🇬🇪

  • @shakoqarqashadze4124
    @shakoqarqashadze4124 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Abkhazia is Georgia and Saachablo is also Georgia

  • @devidevito8315
    @devidevito8315 Před 3 lety +9

    abkhazia is part of georgia !

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 3 lety +9

      Abkhazia is independent, I recognize it

    • @devidevito8315
      @devidevito8315 Před 3 lety +1

      @@milomilo417 ajajajajajaja

    • @georgiatbilisi1156
      @georgiatbilisi1156 Před 2 lety

      @@milomilo417 what did Georgians ever did to you

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 2 lety +3

      @georgia tbilisi are you a moron? People are interested in Abkhazia, the Soviet playground, not in Georgia. And here you are, corny Georgians insisting it is part of Georgia when the Abkhazians have already gained independence when their old retiree volunteers beat the Georgian soldiers out long ago. What you can't do in real battles, you do with your gossip here

    • @pixistypses5406
      @pixistypses5406 Před 2 lety +1

      @@milomilo417 yea yea, "independence" only being recognised by random countries who don't even care about them, economy is so bad there that abkhazians are starving and these days not even russians want to visit it anymore because of all the increasing crime rates, you don't even have any idea about anything, I'd recommend you to refrain from talking about such complicated topics as this, or else you will simply show yourself to other how uneducated you are.

  • @shankphadke
    @shankphadke Před 8 měsíci

    Bad sound

  • @gabrielchelidze118
    @gabrielchelidze118 Před rokem +2

    whelcome to georgia

  • @ahmedhussein1616
    @ahmedhussein1616 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Viva Georgia 🇬🇪

  • @omerb.688
    @omerb.688 Před 3 lety +1

    +

  • @lashavakhania6634
    @lashavakhania6634 Před rokem +2

    ABKHAZIA IS GEORGIA 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

  • @ramazborchashvili7976

    Abkhazia is not country, Abkhazia is a part of Georgia(GE), occupied by Russia.

  • @user-kj2jw8bl5d
    @user-kj2jw8bl5d Před 2 lety +7

    АБХАЗИЯ ЭТО АБХАЗИЯ.
    АБАЗГИЯ .

  • @qosa122
    @qosa122 Před 2 lety +5

    dude its not fucking country it is part of georgia

  • @po0l837
    @po0l837 Před 2 měsíci

    Was not, is not, and will not. Abkhazia was, is and always will be Georgia

  • @giorgimamasakhlisi8710

    It's doesn't exist becouse it's not a country

  • @DottedBoost
    @DottedBoost Před 4 měsíci +2

    Sochi is georgia too

  • @leetanpyo8645
    @leetanpyo8645 Před 2 lety +1

    it's not sochi russia it's georgia sochi

    • @s.m4086
      @s.m4086 Před rokem

      Sochi a Circassian land

  • @SS-oh6ke
    @SS-oh6ke Před rokem +1

    ABKHAZIA DOES EXIST

  • @lavordavor7738
    @lavordavor7738 Před rokem

    Free ukraine from balkans

  • @nini.08
    @nini.08 Před rokem

    Yeah its georgia

  • @AcidFromMars
    @AcidFromMars Před 7 měsíci

    Abkhazia doesn't exist as a country. it has never existed. it has always been a part of Georgia. Russia is occupant. Those are facts here, you can cry about that, false-abkhazians living rn on historical Georgian territory.

  • @christiandecker3356
    @christiandecker3356 Před 5 měsíci

    Sochi is not Abkhazia !

  • @SCHRUBBE1966
    @SCHRUBBE1966 Před 7 měsíci

    It’s Russian 🇷🇺 occupied territory .

  • @anakacharava4159
    @anakacharava4159 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Abkhazia is Georgia!🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

  • @sellerbuyer9469
    @sellerbuyer9469 Před 3 lety +10

    Abkhazia is Georgia

    • @milomilo417
      @milomilo417 Před 2 lety +6

      Being democratic, I believe in the power of the people. The Abkhazians fought for their independence from Georgia TWICE & won. Just thick-faced these Georgians changing facts with gossips because they can't change things in the ground
      Have shame, people

    • @pixistypses5406
      @pixistypses5406 Před 2 lety

      @@milomilo417 you call democracy when they kicked out 235000 georgians out of abkhazia after ethnic cleansing? have shame

    • @heitor23
      @heitor23 Před 2 lety +3

      @@pixistypses5406 ask to the chechens, not to the abkhazians

    • @pixistypses5406
      @pixistypses5406 Před 2 lety

      @@heitor23 I don't get what you're trying to say

    • @caralhoguy
      @caralhoguy Před 2 lety +1

      @@heitor23 chechens helped abkhazians

  • @AvgustMerk
    @AvgustMerk Před 7 měsíci +2

    Abkhazia is georgia

    • @baha3alshamari152
      @baha3alshamari152 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Abkhazia is an independent state not Georgian or Russian

    • @AvgustMerk
      @AvgustMerk Před 5 měsíci

      @@baha3alshamari152 shut up

    • @AvgustMerk
      @AvgustMerk Před 5 měsíci

      @@baha3alshamari152 how?

    • @baha3alshamari152
      @baha3alshamari152 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@AvgustMerk
      In 1991 when the Soviet union collapsed people in Abkhazia refused to join Georgia and revolted
      They want independence and they deserve it

    • @AvgustMerk
      @AvgustMerk Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@baha3alshamari152 they are apsuans, from circassia. Georgians gave them home after circassian genocide.

  • @EllenneBuj-bz8qh
    @EllenneBuj-bz8qh Před rokem +3

    Abkhazia is Georgia

  • @mainfort-1270
    @mainfort-1270 Před rokem +2

    Abkhazia is georgia

    • @JaneDoe-bl7rq
      @JaneDoe-bl7rq Před rokem

      Abkhazia is Georgia!
      Crimea is Ukraine!
      Kosovo is Serbia!
      Find the odd word out.

    • @adavada5394
      @adavada5394 Před dnem

      @@JaneDoe-bl7rq USA , USA NONUSA