Marina Bartsyts (Abkhaz: Марина Барцыц; born 16 November 1964) is an anthropologist and former politician from Abkhazia.
[1] Her parents were Mkan Bartsyts and Venera Tskua; they had two sons and two daughters, of which Marina is the youngest.
[1] She returned to Abkahzia in September 1992 to join the conflict, first arriving in Gudauta to work with Vladislav Ardzinba.
[citation needed] Bartsyts researches Abkhazia, its settlements and its people, examining their traditional culture in terms of law, psychology and gender.
[2][7] At the time of here election in 2007, she and her fellow deputy Emma Gamisonia were the only women serving in the parliament.