Sariya Lakoba

Sariya Akhmedovna Lakoba (; née Dzhikh-Ogly; 1904 – 16 May 1939) was a Soviet woman and a victim of the Great Purge. Born into a wealthy Adjarian noble family in Batum, she was raised in a conservative Muslim household. Although she never finished formal schooling, she was a self-educated polyglot who spoke several languages and was an avid collector of literature.

Life in Abkhazia

In 1921, she married Nestor Lakoba, the leader of Abkhazia. Sariya became a prominent figure in the Soviet social circle of the 1920s and 30s, frequently hosting high-ranking government officials in Abkhazia and attending official events in Moscow. During their vacations in Abkhazia, Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership were frequent visitors to the Lakoba home.