[3] Russian state media outlet Sputnik claimed there were about 100 people in Azhara in 2020, who mostly engaged in beekeeping and animal husbandry.

[4][deprecated source] The Abkhazian historic regions of Dal and Tsebelda occupied most of the Kodori Valley before the incorporation of Abkhazia into Russian Empire from 1810 to 1864.

In January 1841, Russian troops massacred the Svan and Georgian populations in Kodori valley, specifically in the village of Dali.

[5][unreliable source] As a result, the ethnic cleansing continued until the late 19th century, in 1866 the uprising of almost all the Abkhaz of these lands became muhajirs and the now depopulated territory of the former District of Tsebelda was placed under a special "settlement curator.

Despite the war in Abkhazia ending by September 1993, the battles continued in the Kodori region up to the late March 1994.

[8] According to the Moscow Agreement, signed in May 1994, the ceasefire line was drawn to the north-east of it so, so that the Upper Kodori Valley would remain outside of the control of Abkhazian authorities.