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According to the Georgian DNA Project, this descendant of an ancient Svan princely house is assigned to haplogroup G-M201. The Gelovani are a Svan-Lechkhumi princely family, eristavs of Svaneti in the 14th–17th centuries. The family has been known at least since the 12th century. There is a genealogical legend about their origin from Mecca, from the lineage of the guardians of the sacred Black Stone — the Kaaba. In the "History of the Kingdom of Georgia" by Prince Vakhushti Bagrationi, in the list of statesmen under Queen Tamar, it is said that her "vizier and secretary was appointed Anton Gelovani — a man of intelligence and sound mind." The princes Gelovani were eristavs (governors) of Svaneti from the 14th to the mid-17th centuries.

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16th century – the appearance of Cossacks in the Don region, 1792 – the Kuban Line.

- 1578–1579 AD. Cossacks (Terek),
- 1600 AD. Cossacks (Don, Kuban),
- 1800 AD. Ignat-Cossacks (Lower Kuban).

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The journey of the famous Turkish geographer and historian (of Abkhazian descent through his mother) Evliya Çelebi through Abkhazia. The scholar draws an ethnic boundary between the Abkhazians (Abaza) and Mingrelians on the Fasha (Rioni) River. According to him, Mingrelians lived on the left bank of this river, and a large Abkhazian community — Chach — on the right. In total, according to the Turkish scholar, about 600 thousand Abkhazians lived on the Eastern Black Sea coast. E. Çelebi left Abkhazian words recorded by him with translation into Turkish.

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"History of Abkhazia in Dates." T.A. Achugba 2011

In the second half of the 16th century, the dependence of Abkhazia and Western Georgia on the Ottoman Empire of the Turks intensified, who built numerous fortifications on the Black Sea coast — Sukhum-Kale (future Sukhum), Poti, Anapa and others. In fact, Abkhazia, like all of Western Georgia, remained dependent on the Ottoman Empire until 1810.