Psou
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| location | Georgia ( Abkhazia ) / Russia ( Krasnodar ) border | |
| River system | Psou | |
| source | in the western Caucasus 43 ° 33 ′ 12 ″ N , 40 ° 25 ′ 21 ″ E |
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| muzzle | near Gatschrypsch into the Black Sea Coordinates: 43 ° 23 ′ 10 ″ N , 40 ° 0 ′ 36 ″ E 43 ° 23 ′ 10 ″ N , 40 ° 0 ′ 36 ″ E |
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| length | 57 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 420 km² | |
The Psou ( Abkhazian Ҧсоу ; Georgian ფსოუ ; Russian Псоу ) is a river in the western Caucasus that forms the border between the Georgian breakaway Republic of Abkhazia and the Krasnodar District of the Russian Federation .
geography
It rises in the western Caucasus and flows between the massif of the Greater Caucasus in the north and the Gagra ridge in the east in a westerly direction to its confluence with the Black Sea . The river is 57 km long and has a catchment area of about 420 square kilometers.
history
In 1919 the river was defined as the border between Georgia, which was then independent, and Russia, which was in the middle of a civil war, and its “ white ” representatives through the mediation of a group of observers stationed there by Great Britain . The railway line from Sochi to Tbilisi and on to Baku in Azerbaijan , which ran along the Black Sea coast to the end of the Soviet Union , has no longer been passable via the border station Psou since the conflict over Abkhazia.
The border crossing over the Psou River, which has been closed since the Caucasus War in 2008 and is important for Georgia’s trade with Russia, is to be reopened for Georgian exports according to an agreement between the governments of the two states in November 2011.
safety
In 2011, the Federal Foreign Office published information on security in Abkhazia on the Internet.
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics were held in Sochi and the mountains to the north . This should also affect the areas along the Psou that belong to Russia.
