Zeda Sakara

Zeda Sakara (also known as Sakara Verkhnyaya) is a community in the west of Georgia, about 40 km to the southeast of Kutaisi at an elevation of about 264 m, in the Zestaponi District. The village is about 1 km to the east of Kveda Sakara.

The psychologist and philosopher Dimitri Uznadze was born in this village in 1886.[1]

The Sakara Testing Station of Horticulture, established in 1932, had many varieties of apples and pears.[2] There are also many varieties of local Georgian grapevine.[3] The Sakara Viticulture and Winemaking Scientific-Research Station plays an important role in developing viticulture in the Zestafoni Region.[4] There is tourist potential: Zeda Sakara has a castle that dates to the 11th century.[4]

References

  1. ^ Georgy Ketchuashvili2. "Dimitri Uznadze (1886–1950)". PROSPECTS: the quarterly review of comparative education vol. 24, no.3/4, 1994, p. 687–701. UNESCO: International Bureau of Education. http://www.vidyaonline.net/thinkers/uznadzee.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  2. ^ David Maghradze (25–27 October 2006). "Status of Malus and Pyrus Collections in Georgia". Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology (IHVO), Tbilisi. Georgia.. http://www.ecpgr.cgiar.org/workgroups/malus_pyrus/Presents_Georgia/NatAct_Georgia_Maghradze.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  3. ^ N.C. Chkhartishvili. "Status of Grapevine Genetic Resources (Vitis vinifera) in Georgia". S/R Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Wine–Making. http://www.vitis.ru/pdf/chkharti.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  4. ^ a b "Zestafoni Region". PS News. http://www.psnews.ge/eng/zestafoni-region_eng.php. Retrieved 2010-01-31.