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sire of Russia to create unstable environment in the region. 5 Any more or
less cognizant person knows about negative traces of the northern neigh-
bor in aggravation of the confl ict. But, now we would like to know, was
there particular ethno-cultural diff erences among Georgian, Abkhazian
and Ossetian people, which had appeared earlier than the Russian factor
would have a decisive signifi cance.
However, after the confrontation, it became necessary reviewing the
existing narratives. The works of the pre-confl ict and post-confl ict pe-
riods, diff erfrom each other with their spirit. If before, the main goal of
the researchers, despite several centuries of ethnical and political divi-
sions, was to underline the sole of the people who lived in Georgia, 6 since
1990s, because of the desire to penetrate into the essence of the confl ict,
they started to acknowledge the confl icts as a historical fact.
Ethno-cultural attitudes
Georgia is one of those countries that are distinguished from the others
by its ethnical and cultural diversity. It is signifi cant that despite the con-
fl icts, this diversity is still considered as a strong side of Georgian society
and culture. Thus, it turned out that the fact, which they consider as an
expression of humanity, tolerance and solidarity of society is understood
as violence by the ethnic minorities. From the retrospection of near past,
it is diffi cult to say unequivocally, what provoked the confl icts: the third
power, very specifi c and habitual view of the past by the historians, or
ambitions of the politicians. The thing we can be sure in is that the abyss,
developed between these peoples after the military confl icts in the 20th
century becomes deeper. The above-mentioned reasons, which should not
aggravate the confl ict, were just the external factors and not the internal
ones and without understanding the essence of the problem it will be im-
possible to solve the confl icts.
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