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Abstract: The third and final volume of the publication continued the directions of research into the cultural ties between Russia and Abkhazia in the 19th and 20th centuries, defined in the previous volumes, thematically combining the materials obtained into sections: “Abkhazia Through the Eyes of Russian Researchers and Travelers”, “Pages of the History of Abkhazia”, “Land of the Apostolic Sermon”, “Intercultural Dialogue”, “Mushni Lasuria. In Memory of the People’s Poet of Abkhazia”. The materials, new accents and realities introduced into academic circulation for the first time can be useful to specialists and will interest a wide range of readers.

Keywords: Russia, Abkhazia, literature of the 19th–20th centuries, inter-literary relations, memoirs, epistolary, source studies, archival sources.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

On Active Love 

I. Abkhazia Through the Eyes of Russian Researchers and Travelers

Vasiliy Sh. Avidzba Abkhazia in Book Publications by Russian Authors of the Late 19th — Early 20th Centuries (Part III) 

II. Pages of the Нistory of Abkhazia

Omar V. Maan Abkhaz-Russian Relations in the Context of Russian Policy in Abkhazia (19th — Early 20th Centuries) 

Regina L. Avidzba Abkhaz Text on the Pages of the Journal “Morskoy Sbornik” and in Archival Documents

Alexey Y. Dbar The Origins of Book Publishing in Pre-RevolutionaryAbkhazia (Sukhum District)

Larisa I. Tsvizhba Felix Lisovsky on the Nature of Abkhazia 

Vasiliy Sh. Avidzba A.N. Vvedensky — “an Expert of Abkhazia” and “an Outstanding Gardener” 

Nikolay I. Medvensky Vladimir Ivanovich Chernyavsky: Zoologist, Ethnographer, Archaeologist, Local Historian of Abkhazia 

III. The Land of Apostolic Preaching

Arda E. Ashuba The First Translations of the Holy Scripture and Liturgical Texts into the Abkhaz Language 

Marina I. Shcherbakova Andrey (Ukhtomsky), Bishop of Sukhumi. 1872–1937. Family Roots 

Sofiyanina A. Sterlikova Circle of the Authors of the Sukhum Diocese Publication “Employee of the Transcaucasian Mission”. D.I. Gulia. K.D. Machavariani 

IV. Intercultural Dialogue

Vladimir K. Zantaria Mikhail Sholokhov in the Abkhaz-Russian Сultural Annals 

Vladimir K. Zantaria Abkhazia in Poetry, Prose and Journalism by Nikolay Tikhonov

Elvira A. Arsalia Russian Artists in Abkhazia 

Vladimir K. Zantaria Abkhazian Phraseological Units as a Means and Form of Reflection of the National Worldview 

V. Mushni Lasuria. In Memory of the National Poet of Abkhazia

Vladimir K. Zantaria “You Are the Casket of my Secrets, Apsny!..” About the Artistic, Stylistic and Philosophical Features of the Poetry of Mushni Lasuria

Vasiliy Sh. Avidzba The Spiritual Odyssey of a Poet 

Valentin A. Kogonia Mushni Lasuria and Russian Writers: Creative Collaboration and Contacts 

Igor’ A. Vinogradov Feast of Poetry: About “The Star of Dawn” by M.T. Lasuria 

Alexander V. Gulin Lessons and Reproaches of “The Star of Dawn”

Boris G. Bobylev The Imperishable Word of Mushni Lasuria: The Poem “The Star of Dawn”

Viktor M. Guminsky Pilgrimage of the Soul

Sergey A. Shcherbakov He Slept on the Seashore