Mingrelian Nationalist Party
Encyclopedia
The Mingrelian Nationalist Party (Mingrelian: ; , Megruli Nacionalisturi Partia), MNP, is a Russia
-based quasi-political party which advocates the secession of the province Mingrelia from Georgia
.
Mingrelians are linguistically different, but ethnically and culturally intimately related to other Georgians
, and consider themselves as Georgians.
The MNP was founded in Russia, 1995, by a certain Nugzar Dzhodzhua, a Mingrelian from Abkhazia
(secessionist region within Georgia), who made a scandalous name by declaring on Abkhaz television in 1989, that Mingrelians were not Georgians and had been subjected to forcible "Georgianization" for centuries. These claims, propagated also by Abkhaz nationalists, caused a great discontent among the Mingrelians that led to a series of incidents with Dzhodzhua forcing him to move to Russia.
The MNP is not a registered political organization in Georgia
. The party is hardly known either in Mingrelia and the rest of the country, or elsewhere in the World, and there are no reports about its current activities. It has merely had a presence on the Internet
, confined to its website.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
-based quasi-political party which advocates the secession of the province Mingrelia from Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
.
Mingrelians are linguistically different, but ethnically and culturally intimately related to other Georgians
Georgian people
The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....
, and consider themselves as Georgians.
The MNP was founded in Russia, 1995, by a certain Nugzar Dzhodzhua, a Mingrelian from Abkhazia
Abkhazia
Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny...
(secessionist region within Georgia), who made a scandalous name by declaring on Abkhaz television in 1989, that Mingrelians were not Georgians and had been subjected to forcible "Georgianization" for centuries. These claims, propagated also by Abkhaz nationalists, caused a great discontent among the Mingrelians that led to a series of incidents with Dzhodzhua forcing him to move to Russia.
The MNP is not a registered political organization in Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
. The party is hardly known either in Mingrelia and the rest of the country, or elsewhere in the World, and there are no reports about its current activities. It has merely had a presence on the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, confined to its website.