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.