The ending -i in the above forms represents the Georgian nominative suffix. The town was officially called Сухум (''Sukhum'') in Russian until 16 August 1936, when this was changed to Сухуми (''Sukhumi''). This remained so until 4 December 1992, when the Supreme Council of Abkhazia restored the original version. Russia also readopted its official spelling in 2008, though Сухуми is also still being used.