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
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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)
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Syrian-born sisters, Sana and Sara, are the faces of Abkhazia’s new generation. (V. Undritz for VOA)
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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)
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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)