Reply #9: There was indeed. Unfortunately it was [View All]

[AtheistCrusader]

an influx of Georgians. If you look at local population growths, the greeks, abkhazians, armenians, and russians, they actually have lived there since th 1800's. Near the turn of that century, there were less than a thousand georgians in the area. Between 1959 and 1990, the georgian population in the area had exploded to over 150,000, the largest single ethnic group in the area.

They are still outnumbered by all the other ethnic groups collectively, and the russian and georgian populations have been tryin to kill and drive each other out, so yes, there are some distortions in the two populations. But overall, there is a large enough native population to make a credible vote on independence from Georgia. It will simply include greeks, armenians, and others, that have been living there for hundreds of years.


Edit: Actually, I'm looking at the 2003 census, and perhaps I should be more concerned about ethnic cleansing. Every group except the abkhazians is showing signs of having somewhere TO go, and getting out quick. Even the greeks and the russians. Maybe the local situation resembles Israel a little more than I thought.