Paper Title
THE FACTORSOF THE OF ABKHAZIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1990S

Abstract
This article deals with the problem of identity formation in de-facto states on the example of Abkhazia. The authorsapplytheconstructivist theory of N. G. Onufto this case highlighting three main rule types of Abkhazian identity in the 1990s. The circumstances of their development and the possible reasons of their stability are also analysed in the article. The formation of the last rule type was completed by the end of the decade with the beginning of the Russo-Abkhazian relations improvement. Keywords - Abkhazia, De-facto State, Identity, Post-Soviet Space, Constructivism, Russia, Georgia