Chashuri
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Chashuri ხაშური |
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 Georgia
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| Region : | Inner Cartlia | ||
| Municipality : | Chashuri | ||
| Founded : | 1872 | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 59 ′ N , 43 ° 35 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 26,135 (2014) | ||
| Time zone : | Georgian Time (UTC + 4) | ||
| Postal code : | 5700 | ||
| Community type: | city | ||
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Chaschuri ( Georgian ხაშური , Russian Хашури ) is a city in central Georgia .
Geographical location
It is located in the Inner Kartlien region , at the foot of the Lesser Caucasus , on the Suramula River . The city has 26,135 inhabitants (as of 2014). Chaschuri is the administrative center of the Chaschuri municipality .
history
Chaschuri developed into an important transport hub in the 19th century. In 1872 the section of the Poti – Baku railway line , on which the city is located, was opened. In 1883 the route was continuously traveled from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea . In 1884, the opening took the railway Chaschuri- Borjomi instead, the station of Khashuri becoming the junction station . In 1896, the city transit station was the first Baku - Batumi - Pipeline . It ran along the railway line and carried kerosene for shipment to the Black Sea. A new pipeline for crude oil was built from 1929 to 1930 . From 1931 to 1934 the city was called Stalinissi ( Georgian სტალინისი ) after Josef Stalin . His ancestors came from the place.
economy
Today a 232 km long section of the pipeline between Chaschuri and Batumi is in operation. The oil is transported by rail from Dubendi in Azerbaijan to Chaschuri and reloaded there.
The most important employers today are a factory for glass containers, a crude oil store and the nearby Suramula hydroelectric power station , which was built with EU aid.
Worth knowing
The city is the hometown of the Dschugaschwili family, of whom Josef Stalin was also a descendant. In May 2000, a 2.5-meter-high Stalin monument that had been removed from the city's main square in 1956 was re-erected.
