Syria's civil war has created more than one million refugees, most of whom live in border camps in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. But a few have found shelter in Abhazia, Georgia, a sunny strip of beaches and forests that was once called "Russia's Riviera."
Syrian Refugees Find a Home in Abkhazia
![Basima Marshan, a former museum curator in Damascus, plays with her baby, Sana, while her 2-year-old daughter Sara, watches. (V. Undritz for VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/d5bc5d4b-5659-4b7a-9dd2-a24a9452ded4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Basima Marshan, a former museum curator in Damascus, plays with her baby, Sana, while her 2-year-old daughter Sara, watches. (V. Undritz for VOA)
![Syrian-born sisters, Sana and Sara, are the faces of Abkhazia’s new generation. (V. Undritz for VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/c0947c7f-8575-4aac-9225-9e90a597aca1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrian-born sisters, Sana and Sara, are the faces of Abkhazia’s new generation. (V. Undritz for VOA)
![Laman Jadker adjusts to life in the land of her ancestors, a land she had only heard about in her Syrian village. (V. Undritz for VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/d45398dd-f72d-4337-9001-b313324647d8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Laman Jadker adjusts to life in the land of her ancestors, a land she had only heard about in her Syrian village. (V. Undritz for VOA)
![Walid Wadjukh served as a Syrian-Abkhaz volunteer in Abkhazia's 1992-1993 war. Last year, Wadjukh decided to move his family to Abkhazia. (V. Undritz for VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/b184f9fb-8b44-4d87-ab8b-2c1f9ef4df4b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Walid Wadjukh served as a Syrian-Abkhaz volunteer in Abkhazia's 1992-1993 war. Last year, Wadjukh decided to move his family to Abkhazia. (V. Undritz for VOA)