Kamani | |
Native Name: | Georgian: კამანი, Abkhazian: Каман, Russian: Каман |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Georgia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Georgia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Partially recognized independent country |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sukhumi |
Timezone: | GET |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 43.0581°N 41.0436°W |
Elevation M: | 160 |
Kamani (Georgian: კამანი) is a small village in Abkhazia, the disputed region of Georgia. It is notable for the Kamani Monastery and the 1993 Kamani massacre.
See main article: Kamani massacre. The Kamani Massacre took place on July 9, 1993, during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. It was perpetrated against Georgian inhabitants of Kamani (a small village located north of Sukhumi), mainly by militia forces of Abkhaz separatists, and their North Caucasian and Russian allies. It became a part of the bloody campaign carried out by the separatists, which was known as the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia.[1]