Sukhumi

Sukhumi

Sukhumi ranks 1,598th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Heilbronn, Ruse, Bulgaria, and Liepāja. The most famous people from Sukhumi are Viktor Saneyev, Sergei Bagapsh, and Alexander Ankvab. The most famous people who died in Sukhumi are Bagrat Shinkuba. Sukhumi has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians. Sukhumi is located in .

Sukhumi or Sokhumi is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of Abkhazia, a partially recognized state that most countries consider a part of Georgia. The city has been controlled by Abkhazia since the Abkhazian war in 1992–93. The city, which has an airport, is a port, major rail junction and a holiday resort because of its beaches, sanatoriums, mineral-water spas and semitropical climate. It is also a member of the International Black Sea Club. Read more on Wikipedia