16th of December, 2014. The President of the Republic of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba participated in a conference in memory of Arseniy Konstantinovich Khashba.
In the framework of this conference, which brought together the representatives of scientific intelligentsia of Abkhazia and public at large, the presentation of the republication of collection “Abkhazian fairytales” of 1953 took place. This book was first published under the general editorship of A.K. Khashba and V.I. Kukba first professional Abkhazian linguists.