2010. Vladislav Ardzinba died

3 years ago, on March 4, 2010, at the age of 64, Vladislav Grigoryevich Ardzinba, the first president of independent Abkhazia, died from the brain cancer in the Central Design Bureau. According to the main profession, he was a historian-military, who defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Rituals and myths of Ancient Anatolia”. Prior to leaving for politics, he headed the Abkhaz Institute of Language, Literature and History. DI. Gulia. In 1990, he was elected chairman of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz SSR, which proclaimed the independence of the Republic of Abkhazia, and in 1994-2005 he was the president of the unrecognized republic.