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Since the end of the Georgian-Abkhaz war, the often-precarious status of the Georgians 8 displaced from Abkhazia has received significant academic attention. In contrast, the 9 consequences of displacement from the reverse perspective – how it has affected the people who 10 stayed behind – remains underanalysed. Drawing on narratives collected during several months 11 of ethnographic fieldwork, this paper argues that although ethnic Abkhazians see themselves as 12 victims of ethnic violence rather than perpetrators, the re-distribution of Georgian property 13 nevertheless caused significant distress. Many condemned the practice of appropriation, 14 suggesting that taking what is not one’s own is not only a violation of the property of the original 15 owner, but also of the Abkhaz moral code and therefore shameful. To them, the trophy houses 16 were a curse, both literally – as spaces haunted by former occupants – and metaphorically, as a 17 source and reminder of a certain “moral corruption” within Abkhazian society. However, while 18 the stories around the trophy houses reflect substantial intra-communal divisions, I suggest that 19 they are also an expression of a shared post-war experience. Like the horror stories of Georgian 20 violence, and those of Abkhaz heroism, they have become part of an intimate national repertoire 21 constitutive of Abkhazia’s post-war community. 22 23 24

The Curse of Displacement: Local Narratives of Forced Expulsion and the Appropriation of Abandoned Property in Abkhazia