Lesser Abkhazia was the term used to refer to those lands of Abkhazia that were not subject to the direct control of the ruling Chachba dynasty. After the Russian-Circassian War , the Bulk Of The Mountaineers Relocated to the Ottoman Empire , while the depopulated coastline was gradually colonized by Christian settlers of various ethnicities.
The northern part of Sadzen today forms part of Greater Sochi , while the southern part falls within the borders of Abkhazia . The Sochi Conflict took place in Sadzen in 1918 - 1920 .
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