Duripshi

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Duripshi (Georgian: დურიფში; Abkhaz: Дәрыҧшь), also known as Duripsh, is a village in the Gudauta district of the partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia, according to the administrative division of Georgia - in the Gudauta municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. The village has long been inhabited by the clans of Lakrba, Gunba, Tarba, Tvanba, Tarkil, Tania, Ardzinba, as well as Arsalia and Gerzmava. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, representatives of the Kvaratskhelia clan moved here from south-eastern Abkhazia. Subsequently, mainly in the period 1870–1920, representatives of the following families settled in the village of Duripshi: Agrba, Khagba, Agumaa, Abgaj, Sakania, Gamisonia, Konjaria, Khalvash, Gitsba, Smyr, Chuaz, Khuporia, Gubaz, Bartsits, Tskua, Shulumba, Kobakhia, Eshba, Pkin, Anba, Ketsba, Beniya, Kvadzba, Barzania, Papba, Bigvava, Gabunia, Antelava, Khagush, Khalia, Hetsia, Lasaria, Emukhvari, Kudzhba, Chepia, Gugunava, Vardania, Tsargush and Tyrkba. In the late 1800s, most of the population was forcibly exiled to Turkey after the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78). Only about 50 people remained from a population of 1,500. The village of Duripshi was historically divided into six settlements (abkh. Abqabla): Abgara, Aguhara, Aryuta, Attarkhabla, Ebyrnykha, and Twanaarchu. in 2012, the Federal Security Service (FSB) found a huge arms cache belonging to Doku Umarov in Duripshi According to the census of 1886, 843 people lived in the village of Duripshi, all of which were Abkhazians. By the 1959 census, 2767 people lived in the village of Duripshi, mainly Abkhazians. According to the 2011 census, the population of the rural settlement (rural administration) of Duripshi was 2214 inhabitants, of which 98.1% are Abkhazians (2171 people), 0.8% are Russians (17 people), 0.3% are Georgians (6 people), 0.2% are Ukrainians (4 people), 0.1% are Mingrelians (3 people), 0.1% are Armenians (2 people), 0.5% are others (11 people).