Dmitry Gulia

Dmitry Gulia was born to a peasant family in Uarcha [ru] village, in the modern Gulripshi District of Abkhazia.

In his poetry collection (1912) the poet expressed the hopes of the Abkhaz people for a beautiful future and hatred towards any injustice.

His lyrics are penetrated with the pathos of creation, friendship, and unity of nations (epics Song about Abkhazia, 1940, Autumn in the Countryside, 1946, etc.).

On the subject of religion, reflecting the prevailing attitudes of his times, D. Gulia wrote: “for … (the Abkhazians) neither Christianity nor Islam are endowed with respect”.

Dmitry Gulia died on April 7, 1960, in the village of Agudzera in Abkhazia and was buried in the city of Sukhumi.