The total defeat of the Georgian government forces was followed by the ethnic cleansing of the Georgian population.[10] 200,000 - 250,000 refugees (mainly Georgians) were forced out of Abkhazia.[11] Violence continued in 1994 despite an agreement between the Georgian and Abkhazian governments for the deployment of a peacekeeping force from the Commonwealth of Independent States.[12] Chechen militants who had fought on the side of Abkhazia later took part in the First Chechen War.[13][14]