On the Day of Remembrance and Mourning for victims of the Caucasian War, a torchlight procession and a mourning rally took place in Sukhum on May 21. The participants of the meeting paid tribute to the memory of those who had gone by a minute of silence, laid flowers at the monument to the makhadzhirs, and laid wreaths on the water.

Memorable events on this day are held in various towns of Abkhazia, in a number of the republics of the North Caucasus, as well as in the countries of the Abkhaz-Abaza and Adyghe Diaspora.