Gagra District is a district of Abkhazia. It corresponds to the Georgian district by the same name. In medieval times, it was known as the southern part of Sadzen. It is located in the western part of Abkhazia, and the river Psou serves as a border with Krasnodar Krai of Russia. Its capital is Gagra, the town by the same name. The population of the Gagra town zone in 1989 was 77,079, but this number dropped dramatically following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia,, to 37,002 at the time of the 2003 census. Ethnic Armenians now constitute a plurality in the district.
Zaur Mauladinovich Kaziev is a Russian former footballer.
Zaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov is a Russian football coach and a former goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994. He is the assistant manager of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.
Zaur Umarovich Sadayev is a Russian former professional footballer of Chechen origin.
Zaur Akhmedovich Osmayev is a former Russian professional football player.
Zaur Eduardovich Tedeyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player who is the manager of Akron Tolyatti.
Zaur Ardzinba was a businessman from Abkhazia who unsuccessfully ran for President in the 2009 election.
Ruslan Mamutov was a professional Ukrainian football midfielder.
On 27 February 2015, Boris Nemtsov, a Russian politician opposed to the government of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated as he crossed the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge in central Moscow at 23:31 local time. An unknown assailant fired seven or eight shots from a Makarov pistol. Four of them hit Nemtsov in the head, heart, liver and stomach, killing him almost instantly. He died hours after appealing to the public to support a march against Russia's war in Ukraine. Nemtsov's Ukrainian partner Anna Duritskaya survived the attack as its sole eyewitness.
Said Tarba is a former Georgian football player.
Zaur Avidzba (1953–2015) was a politician and businessman from Abkhazia who was murdered in 2015.
Zaur is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Abrek Zaur is a 1926 Soviet silent Red Western directed by Boris Mikhin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Isaak Makhlis.
Zaur Khazrailovich Takhushev is a Russian male weightlifter, competing in the 85 kg category and representing Russia at international competitions. He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg event.
Zaur Rizvanovich Uguev is a Russian freestyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. He claimed the 2020 Summer Olympic Games gold medal after back-to-back World Championships in 2018 and 2019, as well as a 2020 Individual World Cup title. A four-time Russian national champion, Uguev is also a European Games and European Championship medalist.
Zaur Nazhidovich Tutov is a singer. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2011). Minister of Culture and Information Communications of Kabardino-Balkaria (2005–2008).
Zaur Magomedalievich Abdullaev is a Russian professional boxer who challenged for the WBC interim lightweight title in 2019.
Zaur Gekkiyev is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th and 8th State Dumas.
Zaur Saidovich Tarba is a Russian football player of Abkhazian descent who plays for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.
Zaur Hasanov is an Azerbaijani public servant, writer, and documentary filmmaker.
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