Shaaban Abash | |
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Birth name | Shaaban Amber-ipa Abash |
Born | 1890 Adzyubzha, Sukhum Okrug, Russian Empire |
Died | 1953 Adzyubzha, Abkhaz ASSR, Soviet Union |
Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Russia Soviet Union |
Service | Imperial Russian Army Red Army |
Years of service | 1903–1954 |
Rank | Gefreiter |
Battles / wars | World War I Russian Civil War |
Awards | Cross of St. George, 4th Class |
Shaaban Abash - (Abkhaz: Шаабан Абаш; 1890 – 1953) was the rider of the Abkhazian hundreds of the Circassian cavalry regiment of the Caucasian native division during the First World War. Shaaban was afro-abkazian.[1]