Participation of the Abkhazian intelligentsia in the development of Russian society in the XIX–early XX centuries

The paper considers the role of the Abkhazian intelligentsia in the socio-political and socio-economic life of Russian society. At the beginning of the XIX century, the Abkhazian intelligentsia included representatives of noble and princely families who made up the Abkhazian military intelligentsia. Since the mid-XIX century, a large contingent of Abkhazian officials from various social strata of the population has been growing. The bulk of the social group began to consist of people from non-noble strata of society who received education at the educational institutions of the Russian capital in various specialties. Among the large group one can see lawyers, journalists, philologists, specialists in flora and fauna, and other scientific disciplines. Prominent representatives of the Abkhazian intelligentsia worked for the benefit of the development of the entire Russian society in the field of culture and education. Since the end of the XIX century, the creative path of Alexander Konstantinovich Shervashidze (Chachba) began, whose name can be ranked among the outstanding artists of Russia. Since the beginning of the XX century, representatives of the political Abkhazian intelligentsia have been actively involved in the establishment of Soviet power and the development of a new socialist society.