1460 AD. Divergence of Digor and Iron
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[1] Parallel Evolution of Genes and Languages in the Caucasus Region. Balanovsky 2011. Supplementary Data. Supplementary Figure 4
Chronology ‹ 1400—1500 AD
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The results of a study using the BATWING method, Balanovsky et al. 2011 [1], show that the divergence of the Digor and Iron populations began 550 years ago.
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[1] Parallel Evolution of Genes and Languages in the Caucasus Region. Balanovsky 2011. Supplementary Data. Supplementary Figure 4
A medieval feudal state formation in Western Transcaucasia. De facto independent since 1462 while maintaining nominal vassalage to Imereti under the title of Abkhazian mtaevarstvo. Officially — since 1491, when it, along with Guria, Svaneti and Mingrelia, left the Kingdom of Imereti. Vassal relations until 1810 — with the Ottoman Empire, after — with Russia. Ruling dynasty — the Chachba princes.
